Ezekiel 21:5

And all flesh has known that I, YHWH, || Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, || It does not turn back anymore.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

In Context

4Because that I have cut off righteous and wicked from you, || Therefore My sword goes out from its scabbard, || To all flesh, from south to north.

6And you, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, indeed, sigh before their eyes with bitterness,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24Indeed, all the nations have said, Why has YHWH done thus to this land? Why the heat of this great anger?

1 Kings 9:7then I have cut off Israel from the face of the ground that I have given to them, and the house that I have hallowed for My Name I send away from My presence, and Israel has been for an allegory and for a byword among all the peoples;

Isaiah 55:11So is My word that goes out of My mouth, || It does not return to Me empty, || But has done that which I desired, || And prosperously effected that [for] which I sent it.

Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, put forth a riddle, and use an allegory to the house of Israel,

Ezekiel 21:30Turn [it] back to its scabbard; I judge you || In the place where you were produced, || In the land of your birth.

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 →

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