Ezekiel 21:3

And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	וְאָמַרְתָּ֞ ve.'a.mar.Ta	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
land	לְאַדְמַ֣ת le.'ad.Mat	H127	soil (from its general redness) · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
Israel	יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל Yis.ra.'El	H3478	Jisrael · proper noun, a place name
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֔ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
forth	וְהוֹצֵאתִ֥י ve.ho.tze.Ti	H3318	to go (causatively · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
sword	חַרְבִּ֖י char.Bi	H2719	drought · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix
sheath	מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ mi.ta'.Rah	H8593	a knife or razor (as making bare) · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person feminine singular
off	וְהִכְרַתִּ֥י ve.hikh.ra.Ti	H3772	to cut (off · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 1st person common singular
righteous	צַדִּ֥יק tza.Dik	H6662	just · adjective, masculine singular absolute
wicked	וְרָשָֽׁע ve.ra.Sha'	H7563	morally wrong · conjunction + noun, common masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Job 9:22 This is one thing, therefore I said it, He destroyeth the perfect and the wicked.
Jeremiah 21:13 Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or…
Ezekiel 5:8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the n…
Ezekiel 5:12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall…
Ezekiel 14:17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:
Ezekiel 14:21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome bea…
Ezekiel 21:9-11 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
Ezekiel 21:19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: a…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:1-7

The prophet had faithfully delivered the message he was entrusted with, in the close of the foregoing chapter, in the terms wherein he received it, not daring to add his own comment upon it; but, when he complained that the people found fault with him for speaking parables, the word of the Lord came to him again, and gave him a key to that figurative discourse, that with it he might let the people into the meaning of it and so silence that objection. For all men shall be rendered inexcusable at God's bar and every mouth shall be stopped. Note, He that speaks with tongues should pray that he may interpret, Co1 14:13. When we speak to people about their souls we should study plainness, and exp…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 21:3

righteous . . . wicked--not contradictory of Eze 18:4, Eze 18:9 and Gen 18:23. Ezekiel here views the mere outward aspect of the indiscriminate universality of the national calamity. But really the same captivity to the "righteous" would prove a blessing as a wholesome discipline, which to the "wicked" would be an unmitigated punishment. The godly were sealed with a mark (Eze 9:4), not for outward exemption from the common calamity, but as marked for the secret interpositions of Providence, overruling even evil to their good. The godly were by comparison so few, that not their salvation but the universality of the judgment is brought into view here.

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 21:3

Behold, I am against thee - Dismal news! When God is against us, who can be for us? And will draw forth my sword - War. And will cut off from thee - The land of Judea. The righteous and the wicked - All shall be removed from thee. Some shall be cut off - removed by the sword; shall be slain in battle, or by the pestilence; and some shall be cut off - die by the famine; and some shall be cut off - removed from the land by captivity. Now, among the two latter classes there might be many righteous as well as wicked. And when all the provisions were consumed, so that there was no more bread in the city, during the siege by Nebuchadnezzar, the righteous must have suffered as well as the wicked; f…

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Dictionary and topics

Sword — Of the Hebrew was pointed, sometimes two-edged, was worn in a sheath, and suspended from the girdle (Ex. 32:27; 1 Sam. 31:4; 1 Chr. 21:27; Ps. 149:6: Prov. 5:4; Ezek. 16:40; 21:3-5). It is a symbol…
Sword, The · Carried in a sheath or scabbard — Carried in a sheath or scabbard

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Ezekiel 21:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 21:3

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 21:3

Dictionary and topics

Ezekiel 21:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:1-7

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Ezekiel 21:3

Adam Clarke on Ezekiel 21:3

Dictionary and topics

John Gill on Ezekiel 21:3

Keil & Delitzsch on Ezekiel 21:1-7

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Ezekiel 21:3-5

Rashi on Ezekiel 21:3