That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsand all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.
and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentEzekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’
- Author
- Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
- Date
- Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)