{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/21","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-29T22:32:43.651Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":21,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":20,"nextChapter":22,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":32},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop <i>thy word</i> toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I <i>am</i> against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of <i>thy</i> loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak <i>as</i> water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, <i>as</i> every tree."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it <i>shall be</i> upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon <i>thy</i> thigh."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Because <i>it is</i> a trial, and what if <i>the sword</i> contemn even the rod? it shall be no <i>more</i>, saith the Lord GOD."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite <i>thine</i> hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it <i>is</i> the sword of the great <i>men that are</i> slain, which entereth into their privy chambers."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that <i>their</i> heart may faint, and <i>their</i> ruins be multiplied: ah! <i>it is</i> made bright, <i>it is</i> wrapped up for the slaughter."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Go thee one way or other, <i>either</i> on the right hand, <i>or</i> on the left, whithersoever thy face <i>is</i> set."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose <i>it</i> at the head of the way to the city."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made <i>his</i> arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint <i>battering</i> rams against the gates, to cast a mount, <i>and</i> to build a fort."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, <i>I say</i>, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity <i>shall have</i> an end,"},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> the same: exalt <i>him that is</i> low, and abase <i>him that is</i> high."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no <i>more</i>, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it <i>him</i>."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword <i>is</i> drawn: for the slaughter <i>it is</i> furbished, to consume because of the glittering:"},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of <i>them that are</i> slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity <i>shall have</i> an end."},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"Shall I cause <i>it</i> to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity."},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, <i>and</i> skilful to destroy."},{"verseNumber":32,"text":"Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire; thy blood shall be in the midst of the land; thou shalt be no <i>more</i> remembered: for I the LORD have spoken <i>it</i>."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 21 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 21](https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/21)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/21 (accessed 2026-05-29)."}}