Ezekiel 21:5
in Ezekiel 21Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
KJV
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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This verse in Ezekiel 21
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThat all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath,.... The same with kindling a fire in Judea; see Gill on Eze 20:48, it shall not return any more; that is, into its sheath, until it has done all its work; meaning that the Chaldean army should not return to their own land until they had executed the whole will of God upon the Jews; this is the fire that should not be quenched, Eze 20:48 and here ends the explanation of the said prophecy.
This site's exposition
the word of the Lord came unto me, saying
on Ezekiel 21:1-5
The Lord draws forth his sword against the land of Israel and states plainly that it will cut off the righteous and the wicked together. Gill reads the righteous alongside the wicked as the ordinary judgment that falls on a besieged city, sword, famine and captivity making no exception.
This site's exposition
not to return it again
The LORD draws His sword and leaves it drawn. Clarke saw that sword reach all the lands from south to north, from the Euphrates to the Nile. Gill read the verse as the sword kept out until all its slaughter was done.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Chapter 21, Verse 1 onwards) And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel, and say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And, lastly, Shall the fire that is kindled never be quenched? So when this sword of the Lord is drawn against Judah and Jerusalem the scabbard is thrown away, and it shall never be sheathed: It shall not return any more, till it has made a full end.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
It shall not return any more - That is, till all the work that I have designed for it is done. Nor did it; for Nebuchadnezzar never rested till he had subdued all the lands from the south to the north, from the Euphrates to the Nile.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ | veyadeu | and they will know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| בָּשָׂ֔ר | basar | flesh | H1320 → | 270 times |
| כִּ֚י | ki | that | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| יְהוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| הוֹצֵ֥אתִי | hotzeti | I have brought out | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| חַרְבִּ֖י | charbi | sword my | H2719 → | 413 times |
| מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ | mita'rah | from sheath its | H8593 → | 13 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תָשׁ֖וּב | tashuv | it will go back | H7725 → | 1056 times |
| עֽוֹד׃ ס | od | again | H5750 → | 490 times |
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙and they will know
veyadeuH3045 →945 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
בָּשָׂ֔רflesh
basarH1320 →270 times
כִּ֚יthat
kiH3588 →4482 times
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
יְהוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
הוֹצֵ֥אתִיI have brought out
hotzetiH3318 →1067 times
חַרְבִּ֖יsword my
charbiH2719 →413 times
מִתַּעְרָ֑הּfrom sheath its
mita'rahH8593 →13 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תָשׁ֖וּבit will go back
tashuvH7725 →1056 times
עֽוֹד׃ סagain
odH5750 →490 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
Nahum 1:9Whatever you plot against the LORD, He will bring to an end. Affliction will not rise up a second time.
it leads to
- Proverbs 21:30
There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 21:11
Though they intend You harm, the schemes they devise will not prevail.
- Psalms 33:10
The LORD frustrates the plans of the nations; He thwarts the devices of the peoples.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5
We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
- Psalms 2:1–4
Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain?
- Proverbs 21:30
Through
Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 30:24
The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
- Zechariah 1:6
But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Isaiah 55:11
so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.
- Jeremiah 30:24
Where this verse is studied
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About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.