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Ezekiel 21:29 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end. "
Ezekiel 21:29
Verse in Context
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27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also will be no more, until he comes whose right it is; and I will give it.”’
28 “You, son of man, prophesy and say, ‘The Lord GOD says this concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach: “A sword! A sword is drawn! It is polished for the slaughter, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;
29 while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies to you, to lay you on the necks of the wicked who are deadly wounded, whose day has come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
30 Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you.
31 I will pour out my indignation on you. I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath. I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.
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Ezekiel 21:1
"The LORD’s word came to me, saying,"
Ezekiel 21:2
"“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and preach toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel."
Ezekiel 21:3
"Tell the land of Israel, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked."
Ezekiel 21:4
"Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north."
Ezekiel 21:5
"All flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn my sword out of its sheath. It will not return any more.”’"
Ezekiel 21:6
"“Therefore sigh, you son of man. You shall sigh before their eyes with a broken heart and with bitterness."
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