EZEKIEL Chapter 21 - Babylon, God's Sword Of Judgment

Babylon, God's Sword Of Judgment

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 Israel and say to her:

3 '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.

4 BECAUSE I AM GOING TO CUT OFF

THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED,

My sword will be Unsheathed against Everyone

From the south to north.

5 THEN ALL THE PEOPLE WILL KNOW THAT I THE LORD

HAVE DRAWN MY SWORD FROM ITS SCABBARD;

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 AND EVERY HAND GO LIMP,

EVERY KNEE BECOME AS WEAK AS WATER.'

IT IS COMING!

It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord.'

8 The Word of the Lord came to me:

'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,

And flashing like lightning!

'You, My son, have Despise the Rod and All Advice.

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.

Why is it that you have Despised the Rod?

II WILL NOT SUCCEED!

Declares the Sovereign Lord.'

'So Prophesy, son of man,

And strike your hands together.

Let the Sword strike twice, even three times.

IT IS A SWORD OF SLAUGHTER--

A SWORD OF GREAT SLAUGHTER,

CLOSING IN ON THEM FROM EVERY SIDE.

15 So that hearts may melt and the fallen be many,

I have Stationed the Sword for Slaughter at all their Gates.

Oh! It is made to flash like lightning,

It is grasped for Slaughter.

16 O Sword, slash to the right, 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:

'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 and 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.

25 'O 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!

IT WILL NOT BE RESTORED UNTIL HE COMES

TO WHOM IT RIGHTFULLY BELONGS;

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 Punishment has reached its Climax.

30 return the Sword to its Scabbard.

In the place where you were created,

In the land of your Ancestry, I will Judge you.

31 I will pour out My Wrath upon you

And breathe out My Fiery Anger against you;

I will hand you over to 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.'

(Ezekiel 21)

Those who Rebel against God are always brought to Ruin.

Today, the Whole World is in Rebellion against God. 

It very well may be that God is using Wicked Islam,

As a Tool of Judgment, on the West that has Forsaken Him.