EZEKIEL—NOTE ON Ezekiel 21:30 The instruction to return the sword to its sheath (v. Ezekiel 21:30) completes the action begun in v. Ezekiel 21:3. With its work done, Babylon is now subject to judgment (as was Assyria in Isaiah 10:5). The conclusion in Ezekiel 21:31 points in two directions: fire of my wrath refers back to the parable of the fire that began this oracle (Ezekiel 20:45), and it anticipates the conclusion to a later oracle (Ezekiel 22:31). Fuel for the fire points back to Ezekiel 20:45, while the reference to blood prepares the way for ch. Ezekiel 22:1.

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