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OET (OET-LV) [fn] Oh_son_of humankind prophesy and_say thus my_master he_says say a_sword a_sword it_has_been_sharpened and_also it_is_polished.
21:14 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.9
OET (OET-RV) Now humanity’s child, prophesy and clap your two hands together loudly,
⇔ because the sword will attack even a third time.
⇔ A sword for the ones to be slaughtered.
⇔ It’s a sword for the many to be slaughtered,
⇔ piercing them wherever they run.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
Yahweh continues to describe the sword of Yahweh which is a metaphor for the enemy army that Yahweh will use to attack Jerusalem.
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
(Occurrence 0) hit your two hands together
(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind prophesy and,say thus he/it_had_said my=master say sword sword sharpened and=also polished )
This means for him to clap his hands as a sign of his grief. Alternate translation: “clap your hands to show that you are very sad”
Note 3 topic: translate-ordinal
(Occurrence 0) even a third time
(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind prophesy and,say thus he/it_had_said my=master say sword sword sharpened and=also polished )
This is an idiom that means multiple times. Alternate translation: “again and again” (See also: figs-idiom)
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) A sword for the ones to be slaughtered
(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind prophesy and,say thus he/it_had_said my=master say sword sword sharpened and=also polished )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “It is a sword for slaughtering people”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) It is a sword for the many to be slaughtered
(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind prophesy and,say thus he/it_had_said my=master say sword sword sharpened and=also polished )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “It is a sword for slaughtering many people”
(Occurrence 0) piercing them everywhere
(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind prophesy and,say thus he/it_had_said my=master say sword sword sharpened and=also polished )
“attacking them from every side.” Some Bibles translate this as “which enters into their rooms.” This means no matter where they hide, the sword will kill them.
(Occurrence 0) piercing them
(Some words not found in UHB: son_of humankind prophesy and,say thus he/it_had_said my=master say sword sword sharpened and=also polished )
The word “them” refers to the people of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel.
21:1-32 This chapter is unified by references to a sword (21:3-5, 9, 11-12, 14-16, 19, 28-30), which in each case depicts God’s judgment.
OET (OET-LV) [fn] Oh_son_of humankind prophesy and_say thus my_master he_says say a_sword a_sword it_has_been_sharpened and_also it_is_polished.
21:14 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.9
OET (OET-RV) Now humanity’s child, prophesy and clap your two hands together loudly,
⇔ because the sword will attack even a third time.
⇔ A sword for the ones to be slaughtered.
⇔ It’s a sword for the many to be slaughtered,
⇔ piercing them wherever they run.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.