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26 thus says the Lord Yahweh: ‘Remove the turban and lift off the crown; things are no longer the same. Exalt the low and bring low the high. 27 A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it! Also[a] this has not ever happened;[b] it will remain until the coming of the one to whom the judgment belongs and I have given it to him.’ 28 And you, son of man,[c] prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord Yahweh to the Ammonites[d] and concerning their disgrace,’ and you must say, ‘A sword, a sword is drawn for slaughtering; it is polished for holding, for flashing like lightning,[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:27 Or “indeed”
  2. Ezekiel 21:27 Or “will not happen until” (cf. NASB and NRSV)
  3. Ezekiel 21:28 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 21:28 Literally “sons of Ammon”
  5. Ezekiel 21:28 Literally “for the sake of lightening”