Ezekiel 21:5

Ezekiel 21:5 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
• New King James Version (NKJV)that all flesh may know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it shall not return anymore.” ’

Context of Ezekiel 21:5

3and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked. 4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more. 6Sigh therefore, thou son of man; with the breaking of thy loins and with bitterness shalt thou sigh before their eyes. 7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt say, Because of the tidings, for it cometh; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and it shall be done, saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 21:5 word by word

וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ כָּל־בָּשָׂ֔ר כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה הוֹצֵ֥אתִי חַרְבִּ֖י מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ לֹ֥א תָשׁ֖וּב עֽוֹד׃ סRead the interlinear

Cross-references for Ezekiel 21:5

• Ezekiel 20:48And all flesh shall see that I, Jehovah, have kindled it; it shall not be quenched.
• Numbers 14:21but in very deed, as I live, and as all the earth shall be filled with the glory of Jehovah;
• Deuteronomy 29:24even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
• 1 Kings 9:7then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all peoples.
• Ezekiel 21:30Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.
• 1 Samuel 3:12In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from the beginning even unto the end.
• Isaiah 45:23By myself have I sworn, the word is gone forth from my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, that unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.
• Isaiah 55:11so shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: it shall not return unto me void, but it shall accomplish that which I please, and it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of Jehovah shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the intents of his heart: in the latter days ye shall understand it perfectly.
• Nahum 1:9What do ye devise against Jehovah? he will make a full end; affliction shall not rise up the second time.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 21:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5It 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.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The Lord himself was the true enemy Israel needed to fear. He was about to bring a complete judgment against them. Normally, people expect the righteous to escape judgment and the wicked to receive it. This contrast is like the green tree and the dry tree in the parable (Ezekiel 20:47–48). God’s judgment on sin would be like a very hot fire. It would burn everything it touched.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-322. the holy places--the three parts of the temple: the courts, the holy place, and the holiest. If "synagogues" existed before the Babylonian captivity, as Psa 74:8 seems to imply, they and the proseuchæ, or oratories, may be included in the "holy places" here.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 21:5

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• Parting
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Commentaries on Ezekiel 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings