Ezekiel 21:11

So the sword will be given to be polished, and then to be grasped by the hand! 1 The sword is sharpened and it is polished and it is to be given into the hand of the one who kills!”'” 1

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

10It will be sharpened in order to engage in great slaughter! It will be polished in order to be like lightning! 1 Should we rejoice in my son's scepter? The coming sword hates every such rod! 1

12Call for help and lament, son of man! For that sword has come against my people! It is against all the leaders of Israel. 1 They are thrown against the sword with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh! 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Do not look at me, I will weep bitterly; 1 do not try to comfort me concerning the destruction of the daughter of my people.” 1

Jeremiah 25:33Then those killed by Yahweh will on that day extend from one end of the earth to the other; 1 they will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. 1 They will be like dung on the ground. 1

Ezekiel 21:19“Now you, son of man, assign two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to come. The two roads will start in the same land, and a signpost will mark one of them as leading to a city.

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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