Ezekiel 21:1-17
1599 Geneva Bible
21 3 He threateneth the sword and destruction to Jerusalem. 25 He showeth the fall of king Zedekiah. 29 He is commanded to prophesy the destruction of the children of Ammon. 30 The Lord threateneth to destroy Nebuchadnezzar.
1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying,
2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, [a]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 come against thee, and will draw my sword out of his sheath, and cut off from thee both the [b]righteous and the wicked.
4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee both the righteous and wicked, therefore shall my sword go out of his sheath against all flesh from the South to the [c]North,
5 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of his sheath, and it shall not return anymore.
6 Mourn therefore thou son of man, as in the pain of thy [d]reins, and mourn bitterly before them.
7 And if they say unto thee, Wherefore mournest thou? Then answer, Because [e]of the bruit: for it cometh, and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be weak, and all minds shall faint, and all knees shall fall away as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be done, saith the Lord God.
8 ¶ Again, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord God, say, A sword, a sword both sharp and furbished.
10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter, and it is furbished that it may [f]glitter: how shall we rejoice? for it contemneth the [g]rod of my son, as [h]all other trees.
11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that he may handle it: this sword is sharp, and is furbished that he may give it into the hand of the [i]slayer.
12 Cry and howl, son of man: for this shall come to my people, and it shall come unto all the princes of Israel: the terrors of the sword shall be upon my people, [j]smite therefore upon thy thigh.
13 For it is a trial, [k]and what shall this be, if the sword contemn even the rod? It shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy and smite [l]hand to hand, and let the sword be doubled: let the sword that hath killed, return the third time: it is the sword of the great slaughter entering into their privy chambers.
15 I have brought the fear of the sword into all their gates to make their heart to faint, and to multiply their ruins. Ah, it is made bright, and it is dressed for the slaughter.
16 Get thee [m]alone: go to the right hand, or get thyself to the left hand, whithersoever thy face turneth.
17 I will also smite mine hands together, and will cause my wrath to cease. I the Lord have said it.
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- Ezekiel 21:2 Speak sensibly, that all may understand.
- Ezekiel 21:3 That is such which seem to have an outward show of righteousness, by observation of the ceremonies of the law.
- Ezekiel 21:4 Meaning, through all the land.
- Ezekiel 21:6 As though thou were in extreme anguish.
- Ezekiel 21:7 Because of the great noise of the army of the Chaldeans.
- Ezekiel 21:10 And so cause a fear.
- Ezekiel 21:10 Meaning, the scepter: showing that it will not spare the King, who should be as the son of God, and in his place.
- Ezekiel 21:10 That is, the rest of the people.
- Ezekiel 21:11 To wit, unto the army of the Chaldeans.
- Ezekiel 21:12 Read Jer. 31:19.
- Ezekiel 21:13 Ezekiel moved with compassion, thus complaineth, fearing the destruction of the kingdom which God had confirmed to David and his posterity by promise, which promise God performed, although here it seemed to man’s eye that it should utterly perish.
- Ezekiel 21:14 That is, encourage the sword.
- Ezekiel 21:16 Provide for thyself: for thou shalt see God’s plague of all parts on this country.
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