Ezekiel 21:3

And I say to the forest of the Negev, Hear the Devar Hashem: Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: Hineni, I will kindle an eish in thee, and it shall devour every green etz (tree) in thee, and every dry etz (tree); the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the Negev to the north shall be scorched by it.

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2Ben adam, set thy face toward the south, and preach against the south, and prophesy against the forest land of the Negev;

4And all basar shall see that I Hashem have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The oyev said, 1 I will pursue, I will overtake, 1 I will share the plunder; 1 my battle-lust shall be satisfied upon them; 1 I will draw my cherev, 1 my yad shall take possession of 1

Leviticus 26:33And I will scatter you among the Goyim, and will draw out a cherev after you; and your land shall be desolate, and your cities ruin.

Job 9:22This is one thing; therefore I said it, 1 He destroyeth the tam (blameless) and the rasha (wicked). 1

Psalms 80:17It is burned with eish, it is cut down; 1 they perish at the ge'arah (rebuke) of Thy countenance. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:2All things come alike to all; there is one mikreh (fortune) to the tzaddik, and to the rasha; to the tov and to the tahor, and to the tameh; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the tov, so is the choteh; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth a shevuah (an oath).

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

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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