Ezekiel 21:5

Then all flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have drawn my sword from its sheath. It will no longer hold back!'

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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

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.

6As for you, son of man, groan as your loins break! In bitterness groan before their eyes!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24they will say together with all the other nations, 'Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?'

1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel from off the ground that I have given them; and this house that I have set apart to my name, I will cast it out of my sight, and Israel will become an example to be mocked and an object of ridicule among all peoples.

Isaiah 55:11so also my word will be that goes from my mouth—it will not return to me empty, 1 but it will achieve the purpose for which I sent it. 1

Ezekiel 17:2“Son of man, present a riddle and speak a parable to the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 21:30Return the sword to its sheath. In the place of your creation, in the land of your origin, I will 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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