Ezekiel 21:5
And all flesh will see that I the Lord have taken my sword out of its cover: and it will never go back.
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Deuteronomy 29:24Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
1 Kings 9:7Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Isaiah 55:11So will my word be which goes out of my mouth: it will not come back to me with nothing done, but it will give effect to my purpose, and do that for which I have sent it.
Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, give out a dark saying, and make a comparison for the children of Israel,
Ezekiel 21:30Go back into your cover. In the place where you were made, in the land from which you were taken, I will be your judge.
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 →