Ezekiel 21:5
And all flesh shall know that I, LORD, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath. It shall not return any more.
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Deuteronomy 29:24even all the nations shall say, Why has LORD done thus to this land? What is the meaning of the heat of this great anger?
1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them. And this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight. And Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
Isaiah 55:11so shall my word be that goes forth out of my mouth. It shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please. And it shall prosper in the thing to which I sent it.
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel,
Ezekiel 21:30Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou were created, in the land of thy birth, I will judge thee.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:2-8
Threatenings against Israel; Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 1 And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord ; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall… Read the whole commentary →