Ezekiel 21:30

Translations

Modern

Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Latin

Revertere ad vaginam tuam, in loco in quo creatus es: in terra nativitatis tuæ judicabo te.

Original

Hebrew

English

Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

Notes

Ezekiel 21:30–32

The sword would return to its sheath. This does not mean it would rest. It would return in order to carry out the Lord’s judgment against its own land, Babylon.

God would also pour out his fury and the fire of his anger on Babylon. These words describe God’s intense judgment. Babylon did not receive special protection just because God had used it to judge other nations.

Judgment may have begun with God’s household (1 Peter 4:17), but it did not stop there. God’s judgment also included the surrounding nations that did not worship him.

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 16:38
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
Genesis 15:14
But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
Jeremiah 47:6–7
‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’
Ezekiel 28:13
You were in Eden, the garden of God. Every kind of precious stone adorned you: ruby, topaz, and diamond, beryl, onyx, and jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald. Your mountings and settings were crafted in gold, prepared on the day of your creation.
Ezekiel 28:15
From the day you were created you were blameless in your ways—until wickedness was found in you.
Ezekiel 21:4–5
Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
Ezekiel 16:3–4
…and tell her that this is what the Lord GOD says to Jerusalem: Your origin and your birth were in the land of the Canaanites. Your father was an Amorite and your mother a Hittite.

Glossary

Ezekiel, Book of Zedekiah

Topics

Ammonites: Prophecies Concerning Babylon: Predictions Respecting: Conquests By

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