Ezekiel 21:15 Catholic Bible: And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

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And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

Joshua 2:11
And at the hearing these things, we were affrighted, and our heart fainted away, neither did there remain any spirit in us, at your coming in: for the Lord your God he is God in heaven above, and in the earth beneath.

2 Samuel 17:10
And the most valiant man whose heart is as the heart of a lion, shall melt for fear: for all the people of Israel know thy father to be a valiant man, and that all who are with him are valiant.

Psalm 22:14
I am poured out like water; and all my bones are scattered. My heart is become like wax melting in the midst of my bowels.

Isaiah 59:10
We have groped for the wall, and like the blind we have groped as if we had no eyes: we have stumbled at noonday as in darkness, we are in dark places, as dead men.

Jeremiah 13:16
Give ye glory to the Lord your God, before it be dark, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains: you shall look for light, and he will turn it into the shadow of death, and into darkness.

Jeremiah 17:27
But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

Jeremiah 18:15
Because my people have forgotten me, sacrificing in vain, and stumbling in their ways, in ancient paths, to walk by them in a way not trodden:

Ezekiel 21:7
And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and water shall run down every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 21:16
Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.

Ezekiel 21:19
And thou son of man, set thee two ways, for the sword of the king of Babylon to come: both shall come forth out of one land: and with his hand he shall draw lots, he shall consult at the head of the way of the city.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.

point.

Ezekiel 21:22 On his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth in slaughter, to lift up the voice in howling, to set engines against the gates, to cast up a mount, to build forts.

Ezekiel 15:7 And I will set my face against them: they shall go out from fire, and fire shall consume them: and you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have set my face against them.

Jeremiah 17:27 But if you will not hearken to me, to sanctify the sabbath day, and not to carry burdens, and not to bring them in by the gates of Jerusalem on the sabbath day: I will kindle a fire in the gates thereof, and it shall devour the houses of Jerusalem, and it shall not be quenched.

that their

Ezekiel 21:7 And when they shall say to thee: Why mournest thou? thou shalt say: For that which I hear: because it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be made feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and water shall run down every knee: behold it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord God.

Ezekiel 20:47 And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north.

it is made

Ezekiel 21:10,28 It is sharpened to kill victims: it is furbished that it may glitter: thou removest the sceptre of my son, thou hast cut down every tree. . . .

wrapped up.

Context

The LORD's Sword of Judgment
…14Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed, 15And languish in heart, and that multiplieth ruins. In all their gates I have set the dread of the sharp sword, the sword that is furbished to glitter, that is made ready for slaughter.16Be thou sharpened, go to the right hand, or to the left, which way soever thou hast a mind to set thy face.…

Lexicon

So that
לְמַ֣עַן ׀ (lə·ma·‘an)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 4616: Purpose -- intent

their hearts
לֵ֗ב (lêḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

may melt
לָמ֣וּג (lā·mūḡ)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 4127: To melt

and many
וְהַרְבֵּה֙ (wə·har·bêh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute
Strong's Hebrew 7235: To be or become much, many or great

may stumble,
הַמִּכְשֹׁלִ֔ים (ham·miḵ·šō·lîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 4383: A stumbling, means or occasion of stumbling, a stumbling block

I have appointed
נָתַ֖תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 5414: To give, put, set

at
עַ֚ל (‘al)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

their gates
שַׁ֣עֲרֵיהֶ֔ם (ša·‘ă·rê·hem)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8179: An opening, door, gate

a sword
חָ֑רֶב (ḥā·reḇ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

for slaughter.
אִבְחַת־ (’iḇ·ḥaṯ-)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 19: Brandishing of a, sword

Yes,
אָ֛ח (’āḥ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 253: Ah!, alas!

it is ready
עֲשׂוּיָ֥ה (‘ă·śū·yāh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: To do, make

to flash like lightning;
לְבָרָ֖ק (lə·ḇā·rāq)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1300: Lightning, a gleam, a flashing sword

it is drawn
מְעֻטָּ֥ה (mə·‘uṭ·ṭāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4593: Thinned, sharp

for slaughter.
לְטָֽבַח׃ (lə·ṭā·ḇaḥ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2875: Tebah -- son of Nahor

Additional Translations
So that their hearts may melt and many may stumble, I have appointed at all their gates a sword for slaughter. Yes, it is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering.

In order that the heart may melt, and the stumbling-blocks be multiplied, I have set the threatening sword against all their gates: ah! it is made glittering, it is whetted for the slaughter.

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is sharpened for the slaughter.

I have set the threatening sword against all their gates, that their heart may melt, and their stumblings be multiplied: ah! it is made as lightning, it is pointed for slaughter.

To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapped up for slaughter.

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