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Ezekiel 21:1
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The word of the Lord came to me again:
The word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
The word of the Lord came to me:
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Then the Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
The word of ye Lord came to me againe, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me saying,
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The Lord said:
The word of Adonai came to me:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
So the word of the Lord came to me again. He said,
AND the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The Lord spoke to me.
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the Word of Jehovah was to me, saying,
The worde of the LORDE came to me, sayenge:
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying:
And the word of ye Lord came vnto me, saying,
The worde of the Lorde came vnto me, saying:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord was maad to me,
And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of the Lord came to me:
And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The Word of the Lord came to me saying,
The word of the Lord came to me:
Then came the word of Yahweh unto me, saying:
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
The word of the LORD came to me:
And there is a word of Jehovah unto me, saying,
God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, now face Jerusalem and let the Message roll out against the Sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel. Say, ‘ God 's Message: I'm against you. I'm pulling my sword from its sheath and killing both the wicked and the righteous. Because I'm treating everyone the same, good and bad, everyone from south to north is going to feel my sword! Everyone will know that I mean business.'
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:14 - General Ezekiel 35:1 - General
Cross-References
And I will bless her and give you a son from her! Yes, I will bless her richly, and she will become the mother of many nations. Kings of nations will be among her descendants."
But God replied, "No—Sarah, your wife, will give birth to a son for you. You will name him Isaac, and I will confirm my covenant with him and his descendants as an everlasting covenant.
But my covenant will be confirmed with Isaac, who will be born to you and Sarah about this time next year."
Then one of them said, "I will return to you about this time next year, and your wife, Sarah, will have a son!" Sarah was listening to this conversation from the tent.
Is anything too hard for the Lord ? I will return about this time next year, and Sarah will have a son."
But God heard the boy crying, and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, "Hagar, what's wrong? Do not be afraid! God has heard the boy crying as he lies there.
And God was with the boy as he grew up in the wilderness. He became a skillful archer,
"Soon I will die," Joseph told his brothers, "but God will surely come to help you and lead you out of this land of Egypt. He will bring you back to the land he solemnly promised to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob."
"Now go and call together all the elders of Israel. Tell them, ‘Yahweh, the God of your ancestors—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—has appeared to me. He told me, "I have been watching closely, and I see how the Egyptians are treating you.
Then the people of Israel were convinced that the Lord had sent Moses and Aaron. When they heard that the Lord was concerned about them and had seen their misery, they bowed down and worshiped.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Upon the above excuse or complaint about speaking in parables; wherefore the prophet is ordered to speak in plainer language to the people. It is very probable that the prophet delivered the prophecy recorded in the latter part of the preceding chapter in the figurative terms in which he received it; and he here is bid to explain it to the people, or to repeat it to them in clearer expressions.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The first word of judgment Ezekiel 21:1-7. Ezekiel speaks first to the people of Israel, shows the universality of the coming destructions, and indicates by a sign (that of sighing) the sadness of the calamity.
The words and order of words are identical with Ezekiel 20:45-46, except that for “south,” there are substituted:
(1) “Jerusalem;”
(2) “the holy place,” i. e., the temple and its various parts;
(3) “the land of Israel.”
No subterfuge is left for the people to pretend misunderstanding.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER XXI
The prophet goes on to denounce the fate of Jerusalem and
Judea; using signs of vehement grief, to denote the greatness
of the calamity, 2-7.
He then changes the emblem to that of a sharp and bright sword,
still denoting the same sad event, 8-17;
and, becoming yet more explicit, he represents the king of
Babylon, who was to be employed by God in this work, as setting
out to take vengeance on both the Jews and the Ammonites, for
joining with Egypt in a confederacy against him. He is
described as standing at the parting of the roads leading to
the respective capitals of the Jews and Ammonites; and doubting
which to attack first, he commits the decision of the matter to
his arts of divination, performed by mingling arrows inscribed
with the names of the different nations or cities, and then
marching against that whose name was written on the arrow first
drawn from the quiver. In this case the name Jerusalem comes
forward; and therefore he proceeds against it, 18-24.
History itself could scarcely be more explicit than this
prophecy. The profane prince Zedekiah as then declared to be
given up by God, and his kingdom devoted to utter destruction,
for that breach of oath of which the prophet foretells he
should be guilty, 25-27.
The remaining verses form a distinct prophecy relating to the
destruction of the Ammonites, which was fulfilled about five
years after the destruction of Jerusalem, 28-32.
NOTES ON CHAP. XXI
