Ezekiel 21:10

That kol basar may know that I Hashem have drawn forth My cherev out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the tzaddik and the rasha, therefore shall My cherev go forth out of its sheath against kol basar from the Negev to the tzafon (north);

11Sigh therefore, thou ben adam, with a breaking heart; and with bitterness groan before their eynayim.

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Cross References

Esther 3:15The couriers went out, being hastened by the devar HaMelech, and the dat was issued in Shushan the capital. And HaMelech and Haman sat down to drink, but the city Shushan was in confusion.

Psalms 89:26I will set his yad also upon the yam, 1 and his yamin upon the neharot (rivers). 1

Psalms 110:5Adonoi at thy right hand shall dash melachim (kings) 1 in pieces in the Yom Afo (Day of His Wrath). 1

Isaiah 5:12And the kinnor, and the nevel, the tambourine, and flute, 1 and yayin, are in their mishtehim; 1 but they regard not the Po'al Hashem (the work of Hashem ), 1 neither consider the ma'aseh of His hands. 1

Isaiah 34:5For My cherev shall be satiated in Shomayim; hinei, 1 it shall come down upon Edom, 1 and shall descend on the Am (people) of My Cherem (ban of destruction) in mishpat. 1

Jeremiah 46:4Harness the susim; 1 and get up, ye parashim (horsemen), 1 and stand forth with your helmets; 1 polish the spears, 1 and put on the armor. 1

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 →

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