Ezekiel 21:5

and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

4Because I will destroy out of you the unrighteous and the transgressor, therefore so shall my sword come forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

6And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins; you shall even groan heavily in their sight.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them, and this house which I have consecrated to my name I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a desolation and a byword to all nations.

Isaiah 55:11so shall my word be, whatever shall proceed out of my mouth, it shall by no means turn back, until all the things which I willed shall have been accomplished; and I will make your ways prosperous, and will effect my commands.

Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, relate a tale, and speak a parable to the house of Israel:

Ezekiel 21:30Turn, rest not in this place wherein you were born: in your own land will I judge you.

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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