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Ezekiel 21:11 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

" And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. "

Ezekiel 21:11

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9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.

11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.

12 Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

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From This Chapter

Ezekiel 21:1

"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"

Ezekiel 21:2

"Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,"

Ezekiel 21:3

"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."

Ezekiel 21:4

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

Ezekiel 21:5

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

Ezekiel 21:6

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

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