Ezekiel 21:14
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Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
In other translations
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
Hebrew words
וְאַתָּהve'atahand youH859בֶן־ven-O son ofH1121אָדָם'adamhumankindH120הִנָּבֵאhinave'prophesyH5012וְהַךְvehakhand strikeH5221כַּףkafpalmH3709אֶל־'el-toH413כָּףkafpalmH3709וְתִכָּפֵלvetikafelso it may be doubledH3717חֶרֶבchereva swordH2719שְׁלִישִׁתָהshelishitaha thirdH7992חֶרֶבchereva sword ofH2719חֲלָלִיםchalalim[those] slainH2491הִיאhi'itH1931חֶרֶבcherev[is] a sword ofH2719חָלָלchalal[the] slainH2491הַגָּדוֹלhagadol<the> greatH1419הַחֹדֶרֶתhachoderetwhich surroundsH2314לָהֶם׃lahem<to> them
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