Ezekiel 21:3

NETBible

and say to them, 1  ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, 2  I am against you. 3  I will draw my sword 4  from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. 5 

NIV ©

and say to her: ‘This is what the LORD says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its scabbard and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

NASB ©

and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD, "Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

NLT ©

Give her this message from the LORD: I am your enemy, O Israel, and I am about to unsheath my sword to destroy your people––the righteous and the wicked alike.

MSG ©

Say, 'GOD's Message: I'm against you. I'm pulling my sword from its sheath and killing both the wicked and the righteous.

BBE ©

And say to the land of Israel, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, and I will take my sword out of its cover, cutting off from you the upright and the evil.

NRSV ©

and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the LORD: I am coming against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.

NKJV ©

"and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the LORD: "Behold, I am against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both righteous and wicked from you.

KJV
And say
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to the land
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of Israel
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Thus saith
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the LORD
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Behold, I [am] against thee, and will draw forth
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my sword
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out of his sheath
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and will cut off
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from thee the righteous
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and the wicked
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NASB ©
and say
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to the land
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of Israel
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, 'Thus
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says
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the LORD
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, "Behold
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, I am against
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you; and I will draw
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My sword
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out of its sheath
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and cut
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off
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from you the righteous
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and the wicked
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.
LXXM
(21:8) kai
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CONJ
ereiv {V-FAI-2S} prov
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PREP
thn
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T-ASF
ghn
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N-ASF
tou
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T-GSM
israhl
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N-PRI
idou
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INJ
egw
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P-NS
prov
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PREP
se
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P-AS
kai
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CONJ
ekspasw {V-FAI-1S} to
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T-ASN
egceiridion {N-ASN} mou
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P-GS
ek
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PREP
tou
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T-GSM
koleou {N-GSM} autou
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D-GSM
kai
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CONJ
exoleyreusw {V-FAI-1S} ek
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PREP
sou
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P-GS
adikon
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A-ASM
kai
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CONJ
anomon
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A-ASM
NET [draft] ITL
and say
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to them
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, ‘This is what
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the Lord
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says
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: Look
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, I am against
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you. I will draw
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my sword
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from its sheath
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and cut off
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from
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you both the righteous
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and the wicked
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.
HEBREW
esrw
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qydu
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Kmm
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ytrkhw
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hretm
<08593>
ybrx
<02719>
ytauwhw
<03318>
Kyla
<0413>
ynnh
<02005>
hwhy
<03068>
rma
<0559>
hk
<03541>
larvy
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tmdal
<0127>
trmaw
<0559>
(21:3)
<21:8>
NETBible

and say to them, 1  ‘This is what the Lord says: Look, 2  I am against you. 3  I will draw my sword 4  from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked. 5 

NET Notes

1 tn Heb “the land of Israel.”

2 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) draws attention to something and has been translated here as a verb.

3 tn Or “I challenge you.” The phrase “I am against you” may be a formula for challenging someone to combat or a duel. See D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:201-2, and P. Humbert, “Die Herausforderungsformel ‘h!nn#n' ?l?K>,’” ZAW 45 (1933): 101-8.

4 sn This is the sword of judgment, see Isa 31:8; 34:6; 66:16.

5 sn Ezekiel elsewhere pictures the Lord’s judgment as discriminating between the righteous and the wicked (9:4-6; 18:1-20; see as well Pss 1 and 11) and speaks of the preservation of a remnant (3:21; 6:8; 12:16). Perhaps here he exaggerates for rhetorical effect in an effort to subdue any false optimism. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (WBC), 2:25-26; D. I. Block, Ezekiel (NICOT), 1:669-70; and W. Zimmerli, Ezekiel (Hermeneia), 1:424-25.