Ezekiel 21:8

Then the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,

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Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

In Context

7Then it will happen that they will ask you, 'For what reason are you groaning?' Then you will say, 'Because of the news that is coming, for every heart will faint away, and every hand will falter! Every spirit will grow faint, and every knee will flow like water. Behold! It is coming and it will be like this!—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration.'”

9“Son of man, prophesy and say, 'The Lord says this: 1 “Say: A sword! A sword! It will be sharpened and polished! 1

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Cross References

Jeremiah 12:12Destroyers have come against all the bare places in the wilderness, 1 for Yahweh's sword is devouring from one end of the land to the other. 2 There is no safety in the land for any living creature. 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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