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The Book of Ezekiel, Chapter 21, Verse 16

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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.
King James Version
Go thee one way or other, [either] on the right hand, [or] on the left, whithersoever thy face [is] set.
American Standard Version
Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
New English Translation
Cut sharply on the right! Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.
World English Bible
Gather yourselves together, go to the right, set yourselves in array, go to the left, wherever your face is set.
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I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it].
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The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
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Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose [it] at the head of the way to the city.
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Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.
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For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made [his] arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.
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At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint [battering] rams against the gates, to cast a mount, [and] to build a fort.
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And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, [I say], that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.
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And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,
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Thus saith the Lord GOD; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this [shall] not [be] the same: exalt [him that is] low, and abase [him that is] high.