Ezekiel 21:15 — Meaning and Application

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“I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that {their} heart may faint, and {their} ruins be multiplied: ah! {it is} made bright, {it is} wrapped up for the slaughter. {point: or, glittering, or, fear} {wrapped up: or, sharpened}”

Ezekiel 21:15

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Because {it is} a trial, and what if {the sword} contemn even the rod? it shall be no {more}, saith the Lord GOD. {Because...: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?}

Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite {thine} hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it {is} the sword of the great {men that are} slain, which entereth into their privy chambers. {hands...: Heb. hand to hand}

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that {their} heart may faint, and {their} ruins be multiplied: ah! {it is} made bright, {it is} wrapped up for the slaughter. {point: or, glittering, or, fear} {wrapped up: or, sharpened}

Go thee one way or other, {either} on the right hand, {or} on the left, whithersoever thy face {is} set. {or on...: Heb. set thyself, take the left hand}

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said {it}.

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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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