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Ezekiel 21:17 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 21 · verse 17
I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.Ezekiel 21:17 · King James Version
Ezekiel 21:17 in context
15I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
16Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
17I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said it.
18The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,
19Also, 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: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- smitenâkâhto strikeH5221 →
- handskaphthe hollow hand or palmH3709 →
- furychêmâhheatH2534 →
- restnûwachto restH5117 →
- LORDYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068 →
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Here is another prophecy of the sword, which is delivered in a very affecting manner; the expressions here used are somewhat intricate, and perplex interpreters. The sword was unsheathed in the foregoing verses; here it is fitted up to do execution, which the prophet is commanded to lament. Observe, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-17