Ezechiel 21:9
Son of man, prophesy, and say: Thus saith the Lord God: Say: The sword, the sword is sharpened, and furbished.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Fili hominis, propheta, et dices : Hæc dicit Dominus Deus : loquere : Gladius, gladius exacutus est, et limatus :
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου, προφήτευσον καὶ ἐρεῖς Τάδε λέγει Κύριος Εἰπόν Ῥομφαία ῥομφαία, ὀξύνου καὶ θυμώθητι,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Ezechiel 21:14
- בֶּן אָדָ֕ם הִנָּבֵא֙ וְאָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר אֲדֹנָ֑י אֱמֹ֕ר חֶ֥רֶב חֶ֛רֶב הוּחַ֖דָּה וְגַם מְרוּטָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Gregory Nazianzen On His Father's Silence, Because of the Plague of Hail
7. I know the glittering sword, and the blade made drunk in heaven, bidden to slay, to bring to naught, to make childless, and to spare neither flesh, nor marrow, nor bones. I know Him, Who, though free from passion, meets us like a bear robbed of her whelps, like a leopard in the way of the Assyrians, not only those of that day, but if anyone now is an Assyrian in wickedness: nor is it possible to escape the might and speed of His wrath when He watches over our impieties, and His jealousy, which knoweth to devour His adversaries, pursues His enemies to the death. I know the emptying, the making void, the making waste, the melting of the heart, and knocking of the knees together, such are the punishments of the ungodly. …