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, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked. 4Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against humanity from south to north. So humanity will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword from its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again.”’ 6As for you, son of man, groan with a breaking heart and bitter grief; you shall groan in their sight. 7And when they say to you, ‘Why are you groaning?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news, for it is coming; and every heart will melt, all hands will go limp, every spirit will be disheartened, and all knees will drip with water. Behold, it is coming and it will happen,’ declares the Lord God.”

Ezekiel 21:5 word by word

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

• humanityכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• humanityבָּשָׂרbâώâr · fleshH1320
• will knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• that I, the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• have drawnיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• My swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• from its sheathתַּ֫עַרta‛ar · razorH8593
• not returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• againעוֹד‛ôd ‛ôd · stillH5750

Cross-references for Ezekiel 21:5

• Ezekiel 20:48And all mankind will see that I, the Lord, have kindled it; it will not go out.”’”
• Numbers 14:21however, as I live, all the earth will be filled with the glory of the Lord.
• Deuteronomy 29:24All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done all this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
• 1 Kings 9:7then I will cut Israel off from the land which I have given them, and the house which I have consecrated for My name, I will expel from My sight. So Israel will become a saying and an object of derision among all peoples.
• Ezekiel 21:30Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
• 1 Samuel 3:12On that day I will carry out against Eli everything that I have spoken in regard to his house, from beginning to end.
• Isaiah 45:23I have sworn by Myself; The word has gone out from My mouth in righteousness And will not turn back, That to Me every knee will bow, every tongue will swear allegiance.
• Isaiah 55:11So will My word be which goes out of My mouth; It will not return to Me empty, Without accomplishing what I desire, And without succeeding in the purpose for which I sent it.
• Jeremiah 23:20The anger of the Lord will not turn back Until He has performed and carried out the purposes of His heart; In the last days you will clearly understand it.
• Nahum 1:9Whatever you devise against the Lord, He will make a complete end of it. Distress will not rise up twice.

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

• Judgments

In the dictionaries

• Parting
• Privy
• Sword
• Dark Sayings

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