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George Haydock's Catholic Commentary

Ezekiel 21:30

Sheath. The sword of Babylon, after raging against many nations, was shortly to be judged and destroyed at home by the Medes and Persians. (Challoner) --- After Nabuchodonosor had chastised the nations around for 18 years, after the ruin of Jerusalem, he returned and died in peace. Yet he first became like a beast, ver. 31., and Daniel iv. 30. The rest of the prophecy regards his successors. Cyrus waged war upon them, and Baltassar was slain in a conspiracy. See Isaias xlvii., and Jeremias l. (Calmet) --- At last the sword fell upon Babylon itself. (Worthington)

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 21:30. _I WILL JUDGE THEE_] This seems to refer to Nebuchadnezzar, who, after his return from Jerusalem, became insane, and lived like a beast for _seven_ years; but was afterwards resto...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judaea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go forth not on Judah only, but also on such neighboring tribes as the Ammonites (compare...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Appendix. 28 32. Threatening prophecy against Ammon The passage is obscure, but several things seem evident. 1. In spite of the similarities between the language of Ezekiel 21:28 and that in Ezekiel...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Shall I … return_ RETURN IT INTO ITS SHEATH! Ammon is commanded to put back his sword to its sheath; his dreams of conquests abroad are vain, he shall be visited and destroyed in his own land. On "na...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    D. The Sword Against Ammon 21:28-32 TRANSLATION (28) And as for you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GOD concerning the children of Ammon and their taunt, and say: O sword, keen-edg...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. SHALL I CAUSE IT TO RETURN INTO HIS SHEATH? - namely, without first...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    SHALL I CAUSE _IT_] RV 'cause it.' As it stands this is a command to Ammon to sheathe the sword, and hence the sword in Ezekiel 21:28 is generally understood to be theirs. But the prophecy is so close...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    SHALL I CAUSE IT TO RETURN? — There is nothing in the original to indicate either a question, or that this is spoken in the first person. It is addressed to the Ammonites, “Return it” (the sword) “int...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Ezekiel 21:35]_ הָשַׁ֖ב אֶל ־תַּעְרָ֑הּ בִּ מְקֹ֧ום...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The prophecy here is of Ammon, whom the King of Babylon also subdued as well as Jerusalem. The Lord hath been pleased to intersperse the history of Israel, here and there, with the account of other na...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

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  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Shall I cause [it] to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. Ver. 30. _Shall I cause it to return?_] No, but it shall still eat y...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SWORD OF BABYLON UPON JUDAH AND UPON AMMON...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? namely, without having performed this work of vengeance; or, "Cause it to return to its sheath," the punishment being carried out with great rapidity, so th...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    SHALL I CAUSE IT TO RETURN: Or, cause to it to return...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

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  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Some read it without interrogation, as an advice to the Ammonites to put up the sword they had drawn for their defence, as being to no purpose to resist. If it be an interrogation, it is such as more...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 21:30 Return H7725 (H8685) sheath H8593 judge H8199 (H8799) place H4725 created H1254 (H8738) land...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Cause it to return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you. And I will pour out my indignation on you, and I will blow on you with the fire of...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:30 The instruction to RETURN the sword TO ITS SHEATH (v. Ezekiel 21:30) completes the action begu

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 21:28. The overthrow of the Ammonites. Israel is to rise after judgment, but Ammon is to be utterly destroyed. Ezekiel 21:28. “CONCERNING THE AMMONITES, AND CONCERNING THEIR...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 16:3; Ezekiel 16:38; Ezekiel 16:4; Ezekiel 21:4; Ezekiel 21:5

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Shall I cause it — God will by no means suffer the sword to be sheathed. Judge thee — Condemn, and execute....

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