Ezekiel 21:3

Say to the land of Israel, 'Yahweh says this: Behold! I am against you! I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous person and the wicked person from you!

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel.

4In order for me to cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you, my sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.

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Cross References

Exodus 15:9The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will share out the plunder; 1 my desire will be satisfied on them; 1 I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.' 1

Leviticus 26:33I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out my sword and follow you. Your land will be abandoned, and your cities will be ruined.

Job 9:22It makes no difference, which is why I say 1 that he destroys blameless people and wicked people together. 1

Psalms 80:17May your hand be on the man of your right hand, 1 on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself. 1

Ecclesiastes 9:2Everyone has the same fate. The same fate awaits 2 righteous people and wicked, 2 the good, + 9:2 Some modern versions copy ancient versions which have the good and the bad . In this way, they make the phrase complete. Translators may decide to imitate them. 2 the clean and the unclean, 2 and the one who sacrifices and the one who does not sacrifice. 1 As good people will die, 2 so also will the sinner. 1 As the one who swears will die, 2 so also will the man who fears to make an oath.

Isaiah 34:5For when my sword will have drunk its fill in heaven; 1 look, it will now come down on Edom, on the people I am setting apart for destruction. 1

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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