Ezekiel 21:9

Seeing 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);

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

In Context

8And say to Admat Yisroel, Thus saith Hashem: Hineni, I am against thee, will draw forth My cherev out of its sheath, will cut off from thee the tzaddik and the rasha.

10That kol basar may know that I Hashem have drawn forth My cherev out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:41If I sharpen My glittering cherev, 1 and Mine hand take hold on mishpat; 1 I will render nakam (vengeance) to Mine enemies, 1 and will reward them that hate Me. 1

Job 20:25It is drawn, and cometh out of their body; 1 yea, the glittering point cometh out of his gall; 1 emim (terrors [of death]) are upon them. 1

Isaiah 27:1In Yom Hahu Hashem 1 with His cherev hakashah v'hagedolah v'hachazakah (terrible and great and strong sword) 1 shall punish Leviathan the Nachash bari'ach (fleeing serpent), 1 even Leviathan that Nachash akallaton (crooked serpent); 1 and He shall slay the Tanin (serpent, devouring sea monster) that is in the sea. 1

Isaiah 66:16For by eish and by His cherev 1 will Hashem execute judgment on kol basar; 1 and the slain of Hashem shall be many.

Jeremiah 15:2And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Where shall we go forth? Then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith Hashem: 1 Such as are for mavet, to mavet; 1 and such as are for the cherev, to the cherev; 1 and such as are for the ra'av (famine), to the ra'av (famine); 1 and such as are for shevi (captivity, Golus), to the shevi.

Ezekiel 21:3And 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.

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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