Eze 21:1-7 | ESV | STEP | The word of the Lord came to me:

j[See ver. 3 above]

k[ver. 30]

l[ch. 6:11; 12:18]

mSee ch. 12:3

n[ch. 12:9]

o[ch. 7:5, 6]

pSee Josh. 2:11

qSee ch. 7:17

rSee ch. 7:17

s ch. 39:8

t[ch. 7:5, 6]

Ezekiel 21:1-7

The Lord Has Drawn His Sword

1 ^{▼▼Ch 21:6 in Hebrew} The word of the Lord came to me: 2 ^b“Son of man, ^cset your face toward Jerusalem and ^dpreach against the sanctuaries. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts, compare Septuagint, Syriac against their sanctuary} Prophesy against the land of Israel 3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: ^fBehold, I am against you and will draw ^gmy sword from its sheath and ^hwill cut off from you both righteous and wicked. 4 Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. 5 ⁱAnd all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn ^jmy sword from its sheath; ^kit shall not be sheathed again.

6 “As for you, son of man, ^lgroan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, ^mgroan before their eyes. 7 ⁿAnd when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news ^othat it is coming. ^pEvery heart will melt, and ^qall hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and ^rall knees will be weak as water. ^sBehold, it is ^tcoming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.