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Verse Ezekiel 21:11. _THIS SWORD IS SHARPENED_] It is prepared for the
slaughter, it is _furbished_; from the French, _foubir_, to _polish,_
_brighten_. He shall have _splendid_ victories every where....
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The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The
passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword;” it is written in the
form of Hebrew poetry, with its characteristic parallelism.
Ez...
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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...
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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...
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THE SLAYER: i.e. the king of Babylon....
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The destroying sword of the Lord. The violent agitation of the prophet
at the thought of the coming destruction finds expression in a wild
and irregular ode upon the sword of the Lord. The general sen...
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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...
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AND HE HATH GIVEN IT TO BE FURBISHED— _I have given it to be
furbished, that he may handle it. This is that sharpened, that
furbished sword, to be delivered into the hand of the slayer._
Houbigant....
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B. The Song of the Sword 21:8-17
TRANSLATION
(8) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (9) Son of man,
prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword is
sharpened and also poli...
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And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this
sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of
the slayer.
IT IS FURBISHED, TO GIVE IT INTO THE HAND OF THE...
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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...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 21
* This chapter describes how the king of Babylon and his...
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THE SLAYER is here mentioned indefinitely, but in the next and more
circumstantial prophecy (Ezekiel 21:19) is declared to be the king of
Babylon....
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(8-17) This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8
corresponding to 2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14 to Ezekiel 21:6. In several of
its clauses modern criticism has been able to improve the t...
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_[Ezekiel 21:16]_ וַ יִּתֵּ֥ן אֹתָ֛הּ לְ
מָרְטָ֖ה...
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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...
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The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was
to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of
Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of its...
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And he hath given it to be polished, that it may be handled: the sword
is sharpened, and it is polished, to give it into the hand of the (i)
slayer.
(i) That is, to the army of the Chaldeans....
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_Slayer. He had conquered many nations before he attacked Israel. Let
none boast of being the scourges of the Lord._...
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This seems to be another sermon to the same amount as the former. The
Lord directs His servant to continue his alarming message, and again
and again to cry concerning the sword of the Lord's slaughter...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21.
Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions,
continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that
the general div...
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AND HE HATH GIVEN IT TO BE FURBISHED, THAT IT MIGHT BE HANDLED,....
Either Nebuchadnezzar, or rather God, or the Son of God, prepared and
brightened the sword, that it might be handled and made use of...
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And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this
sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of
the slayer.
Ver. 11. _To give it into the hand of the slayer._]...
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1-17 Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is
declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole
land, that all might know it was his decree against a wicked...
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HE HATH GIVEN IT; either God, whose sword it is; or Nebuchadnezzar,
God's servant herein. Some refer it to Christ, who is Lord and
Sovereign of his church, and Governor of the world. THAT IT MAY BE
HA...
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Ezekiel 21:11 given H5414 (H8799) polished H4803 (H8800) handled H3709
H8610 (H8800) sword H2719 sharpened...
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“And the sword is given to be polished that it may be handled,
“It is sharpened, yes, it is polished, to give it into the hand of
the slayer.”
The exultant warsong goes on. The purpose in sharpening...
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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...
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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...
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_Should we then make mirth?_
MIRTH UNREASONABLE IN THE UNCONVERTED
I. Because they are under condemnation. The sword is sharpened to make
a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter. Shoul...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:8 This oracle uses the image of a
sharpened sword. Verses Ezekiel 21:8 focus on the nature of the sword
itself, honed to razor sharpness. Verses...
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EXEGETICAL NOTES. (Ezekiel 21:8.) The sword is sharpened for slaying.
As they are a people who refuse to understand, the judgment is
announced in the plainest terms.
Ezekiel 21:9. “AND ALSO FURBISHED....
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 21:2, EZEKIEL 21:3
The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46, indicate that
the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the
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Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ezekiel 21, the twenty-first
chapter of Ezekiel.
Now the prophets of God were often very colorful persons. And because
people would not always listen to the Word of...
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Ezekiel 21:19; Jeremiah 25:33; Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 51:20...