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Eze C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48
Eze 21 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
OET (OET-LV) [fn] so_as to_slaughter a_slaughter it_has_been_sharpened so_as be to/for_her/it lightning it_has_been_polished or we_will_rejoice the_scepter_of son_of_my it_is_rejecting_of every_of tree.
21:15 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.10
OET (OET-RV) In order to melt their hearts and to multiply their fallen,
⇔ I’ve placed the sword for slaughter at all their gates.
⇔ Ah, it flashes like lightning.
⇔ It’s held tightly for slaughter.
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: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) to melt their hearts
(Some words not found in UHB: for slaughter slaughter sharpened so_that to_be to/for=her/it flash_like_lightning polished or rejoice rod_of son_of,my despises_of all/each/any/every tree/word )
This speaks of causing the people to be so terrified that it is as if their hearts were melting. Alternate translation: “to fill them with terror” or “to cause them to be terrified”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) to multiply their fallen
(Some words not found in UHB: for slaughter slaughter sharpened so_that to_be to/for=her/it flash_like_lightning polished or rejoice rod_of son_of,my despises_of all/each/any/every tree/word )
Here “fallen” refers to the people killed in battle. This means there will be a greater number of people killed. Alternate translation: “to kill many people among them”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) set the sword for slaughter
(Some words not found in UHB: for slaughter slaughter sharpened so_that to_be to/for=her/it flash_like_lightning polished or rejoice rod_of son_of,my despises_of all/each/any/every tree/word )
Here the sword of Yahweh represents men with swords that are to attack Jerusalem. Also, the word “slaughter” can be expressed as a verb. Alternate translation: “placed soldiers armed with swords at their gates, ready to slaughter the people” (See also: figs-abstractnouns)
(Occurrence 0) their gates
(Some words not found in UHB: for slaughter slaughter sharpened so_that to_be to/for=her/it flash_like_lightning polished or rejoice rod_of son_of,my despises_of all/each/any/every tree/word )
The word “their” refers to the people of Jerusalem.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
(Occurrence 0) It is made like lightning
(Some words not found in UHB: for slaughter slaughter sharpened so_that to_be to/for=her/it flash_like_lightning polished or rejoice rod_of son_of,my despises_of all/each/any/every tree/word )
This compares how the sword is well polished and how it reflects light to appear like lightning. Alternate translation: “My sword is polished and flashes like lightning” or “It is polished and reflects light as being like lightning”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) it is grasped for slaughter
(Some words not found in UHB: for slaughter slaughter sharpened so_that to_be to/for=her/it flash_like_lightning polished or rejoice rod_of son_of,my despises_of all/each/any/every tree/word )
The sword of Yahweh represents the men with swords that are to attack Jerusalem. Alternate translation: “released to slaughter the people”
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] so_as to_slaughter a_slaughter it_has_been_sharpened so_as be to/for_her/it lightning it_has_been_polished or we_will_rejoice the_scepter_of son_of_my it_is_rejecting_of every_of tree.
21:15 Note: KJB: Ezek.21.10
OET (OET-RV) In order to melt their hearts and to multiply their fallen,
⇔ I’ve placed the sword for slaughter at all their gates.
⇔ Ah, it flashes like lightning.
⇔ It’s held tightly for slaughter.
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.