καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου στήρισον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ Θαιμαν καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ Δαρωμ καὶ προφήτευσον ἐπὶ δρυμὸν ἡγούμενον Ναγεβ
Son of man, set your face toward Teman and look toward Darom, and prophesy against the ruling forest of the Negeb,
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ ἐρεῖς τῷ δρυμῷ Ναγεβ ἄκουε λόγον κυρίου τάδε λέγει κύριος κύριος ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνάπτω ἐν σοὶ πῦρ καὶ καταφάγεται ἐν σοὶ πᾶν ξύλον χλωρὸν καὶ πᾶν ξύλον ξηρόν οὐ σβεσθήσεται ἡ φλὸξ ἡ ἐξαφθεῖσα καὶ κατακαυθήσεται ἐν αὐτῇ πᾶν πρόσωπον ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου ἕως βορρᾶ
and you shall say to the forest of the Negeb, Hear the word of the Lord: Thus says the Lord God, Behold, I am kindling a fire in you, and it shall consume in you every green tree and every dry tree. The blazing flame shall not be quenched, and every face from south to north shall be burned by it.
Word-by-word analysis· 45 words
καὶ ἐπιγνώσονται πᾶσα σὰρξ ὅτι ἐγὼ κύριος ἐξέκαυσα αὐτό καὶ οὐ σβεσθήσεται
And all flesh shall know that I the Lord have kindled it, and it shall not be quenched.
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καὶ εἶπα μηδαμῶς κύριε κύριε αὐτοὶ λέγουσιν πρός με οὐχὶ παραβολή ἐστιν λεγομένη αὕτη
And I said, By no means, Lord God; they say to me, Is not this a parable that is being spoken?
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καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
διὰ τοῦτο προφήτευσον υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου καὶ στήρισον τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐπὶ Ιερουσαλημ καὶ ἐπίβλεψον ἐπὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῶν καὶ προφητεύσεις ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ισραηλ
Therefore prophesy, son of man, and set your face toward Jerusalem and look upon their holy places, and you shall prophesy against the land of Israel,
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ ἐρεῖς πρὸς τὴν γῆν τοῦ Ισραηλ ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πρὸς σὲ καὶ ἐκσπάσω τὸ ἐγχειρίδιόν μου ἐκ τοῦ κολεοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐξολεθρεύσω ἐκ σοῦ ἄδικον καὶ ἄνομον
and you shall say to the land of Israel, Behold, I am against you, and I will draw my dagger from its sheath, and I will destroy from you the unjust and the lawless.
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ἀνθ' ὧν ἐξολεθρεύσω ἐκ σοῦ ἄδικον καὶ ἄνομον οὕτως ἐξελεύσεται τὸ ἐγχειρίδιόν μου ἐκ τοῦ κολεοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα ἀπὸ ἀπηλιώτου ἕως βορρᾶ
Because I will destroy from you the unjust and the lawless, so my dagger shall go out from its sheath against all flesh from south to north,
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καὶ ἐπιγνώσεται πᾶσα σὰρξ διότι ἐγὼ κύριος ἐξέσπασα τὸ ἐγχειρίδιόν μου ἐκ τοῦ κολεοῦ αὐτοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἀποστρέψει οὐκέτι
and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn my dagger from its sheath; it shall not return any longer.
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καὶ σύ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου καταστέναξον ἐν συντριβῇ ὀσφύος σου καὶ ἐν ὀδύναις στενάξεις κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς αὐτῶν
And you, son of man, groan with breaking of your loins, and with pains you shall groan before their eyes.
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καὶ ἔσται ἐὰν εἴπωσιν πρὸς σέ ἕνεκα τίνος σὺ στενάζεις καὶ ἐρεῖς ἐπὶ τῇ ἀγγελίᾳ διότι ἔρχεται καὶ θραυσθήσεται πᾶσα καρδία καὶ πᾶσαι χεῖρες παραλυθήσονται καὶ ἐκψύξει πᾶσα σὰρξ καὶ πᾶν πνεῦμα καὶ πάντες μηροὶ μολυνθήσονται ὑγρασίᾳ ἰδοὺ ἔρχεται καὶ ἔσται λέγει κύριος κύριος
And it shall be, if they say to you, Why do you groan? then you shall say, Because of the report, for it is coming; and every heart shall be broken and all hands shall be weakened, and all flesh and every spirit shall grow faint, and all thighs shall be defiled with dampness. Behold, it is coming and it shall be, says the Lord God.
Word-by-word analysis· 44 words
καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου προφήτευσον καὶ ἐρεῖς τάδε λέγει κύριος εἰπόν ῥομφαία ῥομφαία ὀξύνου καὶ θυμώθητι
Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord: Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and be enraged,
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
ὅπως σφάξῃς σφάγια ὀξύνου ὅπως γένῃ εἰς στίλβωσιν ἑτοίμη εἰς παράλυσιν σφάζε ἐξουδένει ἀπωθοῦ πᾶν ξύλον
so that you may slaughter victims, be sharpened; so that you may become for flashing, be made ready for paralysis. Slay, despise, reject every tree.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ ἔδωκεν αὐτὴν ἑτοίμην τοῦ κρατεῖν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ ἐξηκονήθη ῥομφαία ἔστιν ἑτοίμη τοῦ δοῦναι αὐτὴν εἰς χεῖρα ἀποκεντοῦντος
And he gave it ready for his hand to grasp; the sword was sharpened, it is ready to be given into the hand of the slayer.
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ἀνάκραγε καὶ ὀλόλυξον υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου ὅτι αὐτὴ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ λαῷ μου αὐτὴ ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς ἀφηγουμένοις τοῦ Ισραηλ παροικήσουσιν ἐπὶ ῥομφαίᾳ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ λαῷ μου διὰ τοῦτο κρότησον ἐπὶ τὴν χεῖρά σου
Cry out and howl, son of man, because it has come against my people; it is against all the rulers of Israel. They shall sojourn under the sword with my people; therefore strike upon your thigh.
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ὅτι δεδικαίωται καὶ τί εἰ καὶ φυλὴ ἀπώσθη οὐκ ἔσται λέγει κύριος κύριος
For it has been justified; and what if even a tribe is rejected? It shall not stand, says the Lord God.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ σύ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου προφήτευσον καὶ κρότησον χεῖρα ἐπὶ χεῖρα καὶ διπλασίασον ῥομφαίαν ἡ τρίτη ῥομφαία τραυματιῶν ἐστιν ῥομφαία τραυματιῶν ἡ μεγάλη καὶ ἐκστήσει αὐτούς
And you, son of man, prophesy and clap hand upon hand, and let the sword be doubled, a third sword of the slain; it is the great sword of the wounded, and it shall throw them into confusion.
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ὅπως θραυσθῇ ἡ καρδία καὶ πληθυνθῶσιν οἱ ἀσθενοῦντες ἐπὶ πᾶσαν πύλην αὐτῶν παραδέδονται εἰς σφάγια ῥομφαίας εὖ γέγονεν εἰς σφαγήν εὖ γέγονεν εἰς στίλβωσιν
So that the heart may be crushed and the weak may be multiplied, at all their gates they are handed over to slaughter by the sword. It has become fit for killing; it has become fit for flashing.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
διαπορεύου ὀξύνου ἐκ δεξιῶν καὶ ἐξ εὐωνύμων οὗ ἂν τὸ πρόσωπόν σου ἐξεγείρηται
Pass through; be sharpened to the right and to the left, wherever your face is turned.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ ἐγὼ δὲ κροτήσω χεῖρά μου πρὸς χεῖρά μου καὶ ἐναφήσω τὸν θυμόν μου ἐγὼ κύριος λελάληκα
And I too will clap my hand to my hand, and I will let my wrath rest; I the Lord have spoken.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 7 words
καὶ σύ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου διάταξον σεαυτῷ δύο ὁδοὺς τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν ῥομφαίαν βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἐκ χώρας μιᾶς ἐξελεύσονται αἱ δύο καὶ χεὶρ ἐν ἀρχῇ ὁδοῦ πόλεως ἐπ' ἀρχῆς
And you, son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the king of Babylon to enter; both shall go out from one land, and a hand-sign at the head of the road, at the head of the way to the city, you shall place.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
ὁδοῦ διατάξεις τοῦ εἰσελθεῖν ῥομφαίαν ἐπὶ Ραββαθ υἱῶν Αμμων καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν Ιουδαίαν καὶ ἐπὶ Ιερουσαλημ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς
You shall mark out a way for the sword to enter against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and against Judah and against Jerusalem in its midst.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
διότι στήσεται βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐπὶ τὴν ἀρχαίαν ὁδὸν ἐπ' ἀρχῆς τῶν δύο ὁδῶν τοῦ μαντεύσασθαι μαντείαν τοῦ ἀναβράσαι ῥάβδον καὶ ἐπερωτῆσαι ἐν τοῖς γλυπτοῖς καὶ ἡπατοσκοπήσασθαι ἐκ δεξιῶν αὐτοῦ
For the king of Babylon shall stand at the ancient road, at the head of the two ways, to divine divination, to shake the staff, and to inquire of the carved images and inspect the liver, at his right hand.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
ἐγένετο τὸ μαντεῖον ἐπὶ Ιερουσαλημ τοῦ βαλεῖν χάρακα τοῦ διανοῖξαι στόμα ἐν βοῇ ὑψῶσαι φωνὴν μετὰ κραυγῆς τοῦ βαλεῖν χάρακα ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας αὐτῆς καὶ βαλεῖν χῶμα καὶ οἰκοδομῆσαι βελοστάσεις
The divination came out for Jerusalem: to set a battering ram, to open the mouth with a shout, to raise the voice with a cry, to set the battering ram against her gates, and to heap up earth and build siege-towers.
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καὶ αὐτὸς αὐτοῖς ὡς μαντευόμενος μαντείαν ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν καὶ αὐτὸς ἀναμιμνῄσκων ἀδικίας αὐτοῦ μνησθῆναι
And he shall be to them like one divining a divination before them, but he himself is recalling his injustice so that it may be remembered.
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διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος ἀνθ' ὧν ἀνεμνήσατε τὰς ἀδικίας ὑμῶν ἐν τῷ ἀποκαλυφθῆναι τὰς ἀσεβείας ὑμῶν τοῦ ὁραθῆναι ἁμαρτίας ὑμῶν ἐν πάσαις ταῖς ἀσεβείαις ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἐπιτηδεύμασιν ὑμῶν ἀνθ' ὧν ἀνεμνήσατε ἐν τούτοις ἁλώσεσθε
Therefore thus says the Lord: Because you caused your injustices to be remembered, when your impieties were uncovered, so that your sins were seen in all your impieties and in all your practices, because you were remembered in these things, in them you shall be taken.
Word-by-word analysis· 37 words
καὶ σύ βέβηλε ἄνομε ἀφηγούμενε τοῦ Ισραηλ οὗ ἥκει ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν καιρῷ ἀδικίας πέρας
And you, profane lawless ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time when iniquity reaches its end,
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τάδε λέγει κύριος ἀφείλου τὴν κίδαριν καὶ ἐπέθου τὸν στέφανον αὕτη οὐ τοιαύτη ἔσται ἐταπείνωσας τὸ ὑψηλὸν καὶ τὸ ταπεινὸν ὕψωσας
Thus says the Lord: Remove the turban and take off the crown; this shall no longer be the same. You humbled the high thing and exalted the low thing.
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ἀδικίαν ἀδικίαν θήσομαι αὐτήν οὐδ' αὕτη τοιαύτη ἔσται ἕως οὗ ἔλθῃ ᾧ καθήκει καὶ παραδώσω αὐτῷ
Injustice, injustice, I will make it so; this too shall not remain until the one comes to whom it belongs, and I will give it to him.
Word-by-word analysis· 16 words
καὶ σύ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου προφήτευσον καὶ ἐρεῖς τάδε λέγει κύριος πρὸς τοὺς υἱοὺς Αμμων καὶ πρὸς τὸν ὀνειδισμὸν αὐτῶν καὶ ἐρεῖς ῥομφαία ῥομφαία ἐσπασμένη εἰς σφάγια καὶ ἐσπασμένη εἰς συντέλειαν ἐγείρου ὅπως στίλβῃς
And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord concerning the sons of Ammon and concerning their reproach: You shall say, Sword, sword, drawn for slaughter and drawn for destruction, awake so that you may flash,
Word-by-word analysis· 33 words
ἐν τῇ ὁράσει σου τῇ ματαίᾳ καὶ ἐν τῷ μαντεύεσθαί σε ψευδῆ τοῦ παραδοῦναί σε ἐπὶ τραχήλους τραυματιῶν ἀνόμων ὧν ἥκει ἡ ἡμέρα ἐν καιρῷ ἀδικίας πέρας
in your vain vision and in your false divining, to hand you over upon the necks of the wounded lawless whose day has come in the time when iniquity reaches its end.
Word-by-word analysis· 27 words
ἀπόστρεφε μὴ καταλύσῃς ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τούτῳ ᾧ γεγέννησαι ἐν τῇ γῇ τῇ ἰδίᾳ σου κρινῶ σε
Turn back; do not lodge here. In the place where you were born, in your own land, I will judge you.
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καὶ ἐκχεῶ ἐπὶ σὲ ὀργήν μου ἐν πυρὶ ὀργῆς μου ἐμφυσήσω ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ παραδώσω σε εἰς χεῖρας ἀνδρῶν βαρβάρων τεκταινόντων διαφθοράν
And I will pour out my wrath upon you; in the fire of my anger I will blow upon you, and I will give you into the hands of barbarous men, craftsmen of destruction.
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ἐν πυρὶ ἔσῃ κατάβρωμα τὸ αἷμά σου ἔσται ἐν μέσῳ τῆς γῆς σου οὐ μὴ γένηταί σου μνεία διότι ἐγὼ κύριος λελάληκα
You shall be fuel for the fire; your blood shall be in the midst of your land; there shall no longer be remembrance of you, because I the Lord have spoken.