Ezekiel 21:16
Unite thyself, smite to the right, prepare thyself, smite to the left, whithersoever thine edge is turned!
Noyes Bible
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
17I also will smite my hands together, and cause mine anger to cease. I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
Cross References
Ezekiel 16:46And thine elder sister is Samaria, with her daughters, that dwelleth at thy left hand; and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom, with her daughters.
Ezekiel 21:20Appoint a way, that the sword may come towards Rabbath of the sons of Ammon, and towards Judah, to Jerusalem, the fenced 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 →