Ezekiel 21:5

Then everyone will know that it is as though I, Yahweh, have struck people with my sword, and I will not put it back in its sheath again.’

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

In Context

4So what I will do to you will be as though [MET] I will pull my sword from its sheath and strike you. I will kill everyone, including righteous people and wicked people [DOU]. I will get rid of everyone, from the south to the north.

6Therefore, you human, groan! Groan in front of the Israeli people very sadly and sorrowfully [IDM, DOU].

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24And the people from those other nations will ask, ‘Why did Yahweh do this to this land? Why was he very angry with the people who lived here?’

1 Kings 9:7I will remove my Israeli people from the land that I have given to them. I will also abandon this temple that I have set apart/dedicated to be the place where people should worship me. Then people everywhere will despise the people of Israel and make fun of them.

Isaiah 55:11And similarly the things that I promise to do, I will always cause to happen; my promises will always be fulfilled [LIT]. They will accomplish the things that I gave them to accomplish [DOU].

Ezekiel 17:2“You human, tell this story/parable [DOU] to the people [MTY] of Israel.

Ezekiel 21:30You must put your swords back in their sheaths because the days for you to slaughter your enemies are ended. I will judge those people in the country where they were born.

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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