Ezekiel 21:5

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

Webster Bible

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

4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:24Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

1 Kings 9:7Then will I cut off Israel from the land which I have given them; and this house which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a by-word among all people:

Isaiah 55:11So shall my word be that proceedeth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

Ezekiel 17:2Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable to the house of Israel;

Ezekiel 21:30Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

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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