Ezekiel 21:15

It is sharpened to make a dreadful tevo'ach; 1 it is polished and lightening-like it flashes. Should we then make mirth? The Shevet of Beni + 21:15 Moshiach, Gn 49:10; 2Sm 7 will despise kol etz (every tree).

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

In Context

14Ben adam, prophesy, and say: 1 Thus saith Adonoi: Say, A cherev, a cherev is sharpened, 1 and also polished; 1

16And it is given to be polished, that it may be grasped with the palm; this cherev is sharpened, and it is polished, to deliver it into the yad of the slayer.

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Cross References

Psalms 22:14They opened wide their mouths upon me, 1 like an aryeh roaring and tearing prey. 1

Ezekiel 15:7And I will set My face against them; they shall go out from one eish, and another eish shall devour them; and ye shall have da'as that I am Hashem, when I set My face against them.

Ezekiel 21:7Ben adam, set thy face toward Yerushalayim, and preach against the mikdashim, and prophesy against Admat Yisroel,

Ezekiel 21:22I will also strike Mine palm together, and I will appease My chemah (wrath). I Hashem have said it.

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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