Ezekiel 21:12
Cry out and howl, son of man: for this sword is come upon my people, this sword is come upon all the princes of Israel: they shall be as strangers: judgment with the sword is come upon my people: therefore clap your hands, for sentence has been passed:
LXX2012 (US English)
In The King James Version
In Context
13and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, says the Lord God.
Cross References
Jeremiah 25:34THE PROPHECIES OF JEREMIAS AGAINST THE NATIONS OF AeLAM.
Jeremiah 31:19Stand by the way, and look, you that dwell in Arer; and ask him that is fleeing, and him that escapes, and say, What has happened?
Ezekiel 7:17All hands shall be completely weakened, and all thighs shall be defiled with moisture.
Ezekiel 21:6And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins; you shall even groan heavily in their sight.
Ezekiel 30:2Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord; Woe, woe worth the day!
Joel 2:1Sound the trumpet in Sion, make a proclamation in my holy mountain, and let all the inhabitants of the land be confounded: for the day of the Lord is near;
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 →