1 The word of the LORD came to me:2 "Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel3 and say to her: 'This is what the LORD says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.4 Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.5 Then all people will know that I the LORD have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.'6 "Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.7 And when they ask you, 'Why are you groaning?' you shall say, 'Because of the news that is coming. Every heart will melt with fear and every hand go limp; every spirit will become faint and every leg will be wet with urine.' It is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign LORD."8 The word of the LORD came to me:9 "Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Lord says: "'A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished —10 sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! "'Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.11 "'The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped with the hand; it is sharpened and polished, made ready for the hand of the slayer.12 Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword along with my people. Therefore beat your breast.13 "'Testing will surely come. And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Sovereign LORD.'14 "So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times. It is a sword for slaughter — a sword for great slaughter, closing in on them from every side.15 So that hearts may melt with fear and the fallen be many, I have stationed the sword for slaughter "at all their gates. Look! It is forged to strike like lightning, it is grasped for slaughter.16 Slash to the right, you sword, then to the left, wherever your blade is turned.17 I too will strike my hands together, and my wrath will subside. I the LORD have spoken."18 The word of the LORD came to me:19 "Son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same country. Make a signpost where the road branches off to the city.20 Mark out one road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and another against Judah and fortified Jerusalem.21 For the king of Babylon will stop at the fork in the road, at the junction of the two roads, to seek an omen: He will cast lots with arrows, he will consult his idols, he will examine the liver.22 Into his right hand will come the lot for Jerusalem, where he is to set up battering rams, to give the command to slaughter, to sound the battle cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to build a ramp and to erect siege works.23 It will seem like a false omen to those who have sworn allegiance to him, but he will remind them of their guilt and take them captive.24 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: 'Because you people have brought to mind your guilt by your open rebellion, revealing your sins in all that you do —because you have done this, you will be taken captive.25 "'You profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, whose time of punishment has reached its climax,26 this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Take off the turban, remove the crown. It will not be as it was: The lowly will be exalted and the exalted will be brought low.27 A ruin! A ruin! I will make it a ruin! The crown will not be restored until he to whom it rightfully belongs shall come; to him I will give it.'28 "And you, son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says about the Ammonites and their insults: "'A sword, a sword, drawn for the slaughter, polished to consume and to flash like lightning!29 Despite false visions concerning you and lying divinations about you, it will be laid on the necks of the wicked who are to be slain, whose day has come, whose time of punishment has reached its climax.30 "'Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge you.31 I will pour out my wrath on you and breathe out my fiery anger against you; I will deliver you into the hands of brutal men, men skilled in destruction.32 You will be fuel for the fire, your blood will be shed in your land, you will be remembered no more; for I the LORD have spoken.'"

1 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens : 2 [Fili hominis, pone faciem tuam ad Jerusalem,et stilla ad sanctuaria,et propheta contra humum Isral.3 Et dices terr Isral :Hc dicit Dominus Deus :Ecce ego ad te,et ejiciam gladium meum de vagina sua,et occidam in te justum et impium.4 Pro eo autem quod occidi in te justum et impium,idcirco egredietur gladius meus de vagina suaad omnem carnem, ab austro usque ad aquilonem :5 ut sciat omnis caro quia ego Dominus,eduxi gladium meum de vagina sua irrevocabilem.6 Et tu, fili hominis, ingemisce in contritione lumborum,et in amaritudinibus ingemisce coram eis.7 Cumque dixerint ad te : Quare tu gemis ?dices : Pro auditu :quia venit, et tabescet omne cor,et dissolventur univers manus,et infirmabitur omnis spiritus,et per cuncta genua fluent aqu :ecce venit, et fiet, ait Dominus Deus.] 8 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens : 9 Fili hominis, propheta, et dices : Hc dicit Dominus Deus : loquere : [Gladius, gladius exacutus est, et limatus :10 ut cdat victimas, exacutus est :ut splendeat, limatus est :qui moves sceptrum filii mei, succidisti omne lignum.11 Et dedi eum ad levigandum, ut teneatur manu :iste exacutus est gladius, et iste limatus est,ut sit in manu interficientis.12 Clama et ulula, fili hominis,quia hic factus est in populo meo,hic in cunctis ducibus Isral qui fugerant :gladio traditi sunt cum populo meo :idcirco plaude super femur, 13 quia probatus est :et hoc, cum sceptrum subverterit, et non erit,dicit Dominus Deus.14 Tu ergo, fili hominis, propheta,et percute manu ad manum :et duplicetur gladius,ac triplicetur gladius interfectorum :hic est gladius occisionis magn,qui obstupescere eos facit15 et corde tabescere,et multiplicat ruinas.In omnibus portis eorum dedi conturbationem gladii acuti,et limati ad fulgendum,amicti ad cdem.16 Exacuere, vade ad dexteram sive ad sinistram,quocumque faciei tu est appetitus.17 Quin et ego plaudam manu ad manum,et implebo indignationem meam :ego Dominus locutus sum.] 18 Et factus est sermo Domini ad me, dicens : 19 Et tu, fili hominis, pone tibi duas vias, ut veniat gladius regis Babylonis : de terra una egredientur amb : et manu capiet conjecturam ; in capite vi civitatis conjiciet. 20 Viam pones ut veniat gladius ad Rabbath filiorum Ammon, et ad Judam in Jerusalem munitissimam. 21 Stetit enim rex Babylonis in bivio, in capite duarum viarum, divinationem qurens, commiscens sagittas : interrogavit idola, exta consuluit. 22 Ad dexteram ejus facta est divinatio super Jerusalem, ut ponat arietes, ut aperiat os in cde, ut elevet vocem in ululatu, ut ponat arietes contra portas, ut comportet aggerem, ut dificet munitiones. 23 Eritque quasi consulens frustra oraculum in oculis eorum, et sabbatorum otium imitans : ipse autem recordabitur iniquitatis ad capiendum. 24 Idcirco hc dicit Dominus Deus : Pro eo quod recordati estis iniquitatis vestr, et revelastis prvaricationes vestras, et apparuerunt peccata vestra in omnibus cogitationibus vestris, pro eo, inquam, quod recordati estis, manu capiemini. 25 Tu autem, profane, impie dux Isral, cujus venit dies in tempore iniquitatis prfinita : 26 hc dicit Dominus Deus : Aufer cidarim, tolle coronam : nonne hc est qu humilem sublevavit, et sublimem humiliavit ? 27 Iniquitatem, iniquitatem, iniquitatem ponam eam : et hoc non factum est, donec veniret cujus est judicium, et tradam ei.28 Et tu, fili hominis, propheta, et dic : Hc dicit Dominus Deus ad filios Ammon, et ad opprobrium eorum : et dices : [Mucro, mucro, evagina te ad occidendum :lima te ut interficias et fulgeas :29 cum tibi viderentur vana,et divinarentur mendacia,ut dareris super colla vulneratorum impiorum,quorum venit dies in tempore iniquitatis prfinita.30 Revertere ad vaginam tuam,in loco in quo creatus es :in terra nativitatis tu judicabo te.31 Et effundam super te indignationem meam ;in igne furoris mei sufflabo in te :daboque te in manus hominum insipientium,et fabricantium interitum.32 Igni eris cibus ;sanguis tuus erit in medio terr ;oblivioni traderis :quia ego Dominus locutus sum.]