Ezekiel 21:17

Translations

Modern

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Traditional

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.

Literal

And I also will strike My palm to My palm, and My fury I will cause to rest.’ I, YHWH, have spoken.”

Latin

Quin et ego plaudam manu ad manum, et implebo indignationem meam: ego Dominus locutus sum.

Original

Hebrew

English

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Notes

Ezekiel 21:14–17

As the Lord's representative, Ezekiel was to clap his hands in a threatening way and wave the sword three times. This action symbolized the complete massacre to come.

There would be no place to escape. No one could hide from the sword of judgment. When the Lord was ready to act, he would destroy his people. In this way, he would satisfy his fury (his burning anger). They would be filled with terror. Their courage would disappear.

Ezekiel 21:1–32

This chapter repeatedly mentions a sword (Ezekiel 21:3–5, 9, 11–12, 14–16, 19, 28–30). Each time, the sword represents God’s judgment.

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Ezekiel 5:13
And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
Ezekiel 21:14
‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
Ezekiel 22:13
Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Zechariah 6:8
Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
Numbers 24:10
Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
Deuteronomy 28:63
Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
Ezekiel 16:42
So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.
Isaiah 1:24
Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of

Topics

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