Ezekiel 21:30

Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

In Context

29while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment.

31I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.

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Cross References

Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.

Ezekiel 12:10Tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This burden concerns the prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are there.’

Ezekiel 16:38And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.

Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:29-32

The Destruction of the Ammonites. ( b. c. 592.) 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering: 29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee, whiles they divine a lie unto thee, to bring thee upon the necks of them that are slain, of the wicked, whose day is come, when their iniquity shall have an end. 30 Shall I cause it to return… Read the whole commentary →

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