Ezekiel 21:30
in Ezekiel 21Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
KJV
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.
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This verse in Ezekiel 21
Commentary
7 notes on this verseI will judge thee - This seems to refer to Nebuchadnezzar, who, after his return from Jerusalem, became insane, and lived like a beast for seven years; but was afterwards restored, and acknowledged the Lord.
This site's exposition
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath
on Ezekiel 21:30-32
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath answers its own question, the sword will not be sheathed until it has done its work. The Lord promises to judge Ammon in the place where thou wast created. Thou shalt be no more remembered closes the oracle.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 28 and following) And you, son of man, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord God to the sons of Ammon and to their disgrace. And you shall say: Sword, sword, draw yourself out for slaughter: hone yourself to kill and to shine. Although they seem vain to you and their divinations are lies, so that you may be given over to the necks of the wicked wounded, whose appointed day has come in the time of iniquity. Return to your sheath, in the place where you were created: in the land of your birth I will judge you.
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
When we speak to people about their souls we should study plainness, and express ourselves as we may be the best understood. Christ expounded his parables to his disciples, Mark iv. The prophet is here more plainly directed against whom to level the arrow of this prophecy.
Thy blood shall be shed not only in thy borders, but in the midst of thy land. Lastly, I shall be an irreparable ruin: "Though thou mayest think to recover thyself, it is in vain to think of it; thou shalt be no more remembered with any respect," Ps. ix. Justly is their name blotted out who would have Israel's name for ever lost.
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath?.... The drawn and furbished sword of the Chaldeans? no, I will not; it shall never return or be put up until the Ammonites are utterly consumed.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Shall I cause it to return into his sheath--namely, without first destroying Ammon. Certainly not (Jer 47:6, 7). Others, as the Margin, less suitably read it imperatively, "Cause it to return," that is, after it has done the work appointed to it. in the land of thy nativity--Ammon was not to be carried away captive as Judah, but to perish in his own land.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָשַׁ֖ב | hashav | put back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | into | H413 → | 5510 times |
| תַּעְרָ֑הּ | ta'rah | sheath its | H8593 → | 13 times |
| בִּמְק֧וֹם | bimkom | in [the] place | H4725 → | 401 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | <of> where | H834 → | 5497 times |
| נִבְרֵ֛את | nivret | you were created | H1254 → | 55 times |
| בְּאֶ֥רֶץ | beeretz | in [the] land of | H776 → | 2504 times |
| מְכֻרוֹתַ֖יִךְ | mekhurotayikh | origins your | H4351 → | 3 times |
| אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט | ʾeshpot | I will judge | H8199 → | 202 times |
| אֹתָֽךְ׃ | ʾotakh | <obj.> you | H853 → | 10935 times |
הָשַׁ֖בput back
hashavH7725 →1056 times
אֶל־into
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
תַּעְרָ֑הּsheath its
ta'rahH8593 →13 times
בִּמְק֧וֹםin [the] place
bimkomH4725 →401 times
אֲשֶׁר־<of> where
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
נִבְרֵ֛אתyou were created
nivretH1254 →55 times
בְּאֶ֥רֶץin [the] land of
beeretzH776 →2504 times
מְכֻרוֹתַ֖יִךְorigins your
mekhurotayikhH4351 →3 times
אֶשְׁפֹּ֥טI will judge
ʾeshpotH8199 →202 times
אֹתָֽךְ׃<obj.> you
ʾotakhH853 →10935 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Ezekiel 28:13You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 28:15
From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
- Genesis 2:8
And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, where He placed the man He had formed.
- Ezekiel 27:16
Aram was your customer because of your many products; they exchanged turquoise, purple, embroidered work, fine linen, coral, and rubies for your wares.
- Isaiah 54:11–12
“O afflicted city, lashed by storms, without solace, surely I will set your stones in antimony and lay your foundations with sapphires.
- Ezekiel 28:15
Through
Genesis 15:14But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
it leads to
- Nehemiah 9:9–11
You saw the affliction of our fathers in Egypt; You heard their cry at the Red Sea.
- Exodus 6:5–6
Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
- Exodus 12:32–38
Take your flocks and herds as well, just as you have said, and depart! And bless me also.”
- Joshua 24:4–7
and to Isaac I gave Jacob and Esau. I gave Esau Mount Seir to possess, but Jacob and his sons went down to Egypt.
- Nehemiah 9:9–11
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.