Ezekiel 21:17

Ezekiel 21:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.
• New International Version (NIV)I too will strike my hands together, and my wrath will subside. I the Lord have spoken.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)I also will clap my hands, and I will satisfy my fury; I the Lord have spoken."
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I also will beat My fists together, And I will cause My fury to rest; I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Context of Ezekiel 21:17

15Sharpened to slaughter ruthlessly! Polished so it will flash like lightning! Or should we rejoice? It is the rod, My son—despising every tree! 16It is given to be polished, to be seized. The sword is sharpened, polished, to be put into the hand of the slayer. Cry and wail, son of man! For it is against My people. It is against all the leaders of Israel. They are thrown over to the sword, along with My people. Therefore strike your thigh. 18For it is a testing. What if they scorn even the rod? It must not be!” It is a declaration of Adonai. 19You, son of man, prophesy. Strike your hands together. The sword will strike twice, even three times, a sword for the slain, a sword for a great slaughter—it surrounds them!

Ezekiel 21:17 word by word

וְגַם־אֲנִ֗י אַכֶּ֤ה כַפִּי֙ אֶל־כַּפִּ֔י וַהֲנִחֹתִ֖י חֲמָתִ֑י אֲנִ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• I will also smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• mine handsכַּףkaph · palmH3709
• and I will cause my furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• to restנוּחַnûach · to restH5117
• I the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• have saidדָבַרdâbar · to speak: speakH1696

Cross-references for Ezekiel 21:17

• Ezekiel 21:14“Son of man, prophesy and say, thus says Adonai, and say: ‘A sword! A sword! Sharpened and also polished!
• Ezekiel 22:13“Now look, I clap My hands at your dishonest gain that you have made and at your bloodshed in your midst.
• Numbers 24:10Then Balak became furious at Balaam, and struck his hands together. Balak said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but look, you have blessed them these three times!
• Ezekiel 5:13I will vent all My anger and satisfy My fury on them. Then I will rest. So they will know that I, Adonai, have spoken in My zeal, when I have satisfied My fury on them.
• Ezekiel 16:42So I will calm My fury against you and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be quiet and angry no longer.
• Deuteronomy 28:63Now just as Adonai rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so Adonai will rejoice over you to ruin and destroy you; and you will be uprooted from the land that you are going in to possess.
• Isaiah 1:24Therefore says the Lord Adonai-Tzva’ot, the Mighty One of Israel: “Oy ! I will get relief from My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
• Zechariah 6:8Then he called and spoke to me saying, ‘Look! Those going toward the land of the north have given rest to My Ruach in the north country.’

Commentaries on Ezekiel 21:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword;” it is written in the form of Hebrew poetry, with its characteristic parallelism. Ezekiel 21:10 It contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree - The rod is the scepter of dominion, assigned to Judah Genesis 49:10. The destroying sword of Babylon despises the scepter of Judah; it despises every tree. Others render the verse, “Shall…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-17As the Lord's representative, Ezekiel was to clap his hands in a threatening way and wave the sword three times. This action symbolized the complete massacre to come. There would be no place to escape. No one could hide from the sword of judgment. When the Lord was ready to act, he would destroy his people. In this way, he would satisfy his fury (his burning anger). They would be filled with terror. Their courage would disappear.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Jehovah Himself smites His hands together, doing what He had commanded Ezekiel to do (see on Eze 21:14), in token of His smiting Jerusalem; compare the similar symbolical action (2Ki 13:18, 19). cause ... fury to rest--give it full vent, and so satisfy it (Eze 5:13).Read the comment

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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