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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.
Ez...
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Ezekiel 21:1. A solemn message is given to the prophet: “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.” It was to b...
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EZEKIEL 20:45 TO EZEKIEL 21:32. THE TERRIBLE SWORD OF NEBUCHADREZZAR.
Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological
oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular dithyra...
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I WILL ALSO SMITE, &c. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6....
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Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32. The avenging sword of the Lord
The passage Ezekiel 20:45-49 belongs to ch. 21 (as in Heb.). The time
to which the chapter is to be assigned is the early period of
Nebu...
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The destroying sword of the Lord. The violent agitation of the prophet
at the thought of the coming destruction finds expression in a wild
and irregular ode upon the sword of the Lord. The general sen...
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_smite mine hands_ The strong anthropomorphism suggests a tumult of
emotion in the Divine mind, and sympathy with the terrible work.
_cause my fury to rest_ Appease, or, assuage my fury. Cf. ch. Ezek...
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B. The Song of the Sword 21:8-17
TRANSLATION
(8) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (9) Son of man,
prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword is
sharpened and also poli...
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I WILL ALSO SMITE] God also exults in His judgment. His sternest
justice is a true expression of Himself.
CAUSE.. TO REST] RV 'satisfy.'...
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3, 4. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED] corresponding to the green tree
and the dry in the parable (Ezekiel 20:47). In spite of his strict
theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel recognised the fact...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 21
* This chapter describes how the king of Babylon and his...
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(8-17) This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8
corresponding to 2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14 to Ezekiel 21:6. In several of
its clauses modern criticism has been able to improve the t...
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MY FURY TO REST. — As in Ezekiel 16:42, because it has accomplished
its purpose and has nothing more to do. (Comp. Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel
14:13.)
At...
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_[Ezekiel 21:22]_ וְ גַם ־אֲנִ֗י אַכֶּ֤ה
כַפִּי֙...
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THE SWORD UNSHEATHED
Ezekiel 21:1
THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last
section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of
Jerusalem. It also divides the f...
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The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was
to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of
Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of its...
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This seems to be another sermon to the same amount as the former. The
Lord directs His servant to continue his alarming message, and again
and again to cry concerning the sword of the Lord's slaughter...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions,
continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that
the general div...
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I WILL ALSO SMITE MY HANDS TOGETHER,.... As well as the prophet was
bid to do, Ezekiel 21:14, either expressing a concern for the calamity
of the people, or indignation at their sins: or rather as enc...
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I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to
rest: I the LORD have said [it].
Ver. 17. _I will also smite mine hands together._] As animating the
enemy and rejoicing at thy ruin...
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Ezekiel 21:14 ; EZEKIEL 21:17. _Prophesy, and smite thy hands
together_ In token of amazement and sorrow. _And let the sword be
doubled the third time_ Bishop Newcome reads, _Bring the sword twice;
ye...
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The Sword of the Lord....
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I will also smite Mine hands together, so Jehovah states, AND I WILL
CAUSE MY FURY TO REST, to find satisfaction in carrying out His
vengeance. I, THE LORD, HAVE SAID IT. Jehovah excels in
long-suffer...
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1-17 Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is
declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole
land, that all might know it was his decree against a wicked...
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SMITE MINE HANDS TOGETHER, in token of my approbation and
well-pleasedness in those executions which the Chaldeans shall finish
against you; those hands, that were used to restrain and check, shall
ex...
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Ezekiel 21:17 beat H5221 (H8686) fists H3709 together H3709 fury H2534
rest H5117 (H8689) LORD H3068 spoken...
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“I also will smite my hands together, and I will satisfy my fury, I
Yahweh have spoken it.”
In Ezekiel 21:14 it was Ezekiel who smote his hands at what was to be.
Here it is Yahweh Himself. For the se...
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CONTENTS: Parable of the sighing prophet, and of the sword of God. No
king for Israel until Messiah comes to reign.
CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ezekiel, King of Babylon.
CONCLUSION: When the sword is u...
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Ezekiel 21:2. _Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy
word toward the holy places._ In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins
at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the su...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:8 This oracle uses the image of a
sharpened sword. Verses Ezekiel 21:8 focus on the nature of the sword
itself, honed to razor sharpness. Verses...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:14, EZEKIEL 21:17 As in Ezekiel 6:11, to
clap your hands
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EXEGETICAL NOTES. (Ezekiel 21:8.) The sword is sharpened for slaying.
As they are a people who refuse to understand, the judgment is
announced in the plainest terms.
Ezekiel 21:9. “AND ALSO FURBISHED....
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 21:2, EZEKIEL 21:3
The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46, indicate that
the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ezekiel 21, the twenty-first
chapter of Ezekiel.
Now the prophets of God were often very colorful persons. And because
people would not always listen to the Word of...
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Deuteronomy 28:63; Ezekiel 16:42; Ezekiel 21:14; Ezekiel 22:13;...
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Smite my hands — In token of my approbation....