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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
In Context
17And I will clap my hands together, and will satisfy my indignation: I the Lord have spoken.
Cross References
Genesis 13:9Behold the whole land is before thee: depart from me I pray thee: if thou wilt go to the left hand, I will take the right: if thou choose the right hand, I will pass to the left.
Ezekiel 16:46And thy elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister that dwelleth at thy right hand is Sodom, and her daughters.
Ezekiel 21:20Thou shalt make a way that the sword may come to Rabbath of the children of Ammon, and to Juda unto Jerusalem the strong city.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:9-18
Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 8 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord ; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and… Read the whole commentary →