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Ezekiel 21:16

Judgment

14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.

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

18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Slash to the right; set your blade to the left— wherever your blade is directed.
KJV
Go thee one way or other, either on the right hand, or on the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
WEB
Gather yourselves together. Go to the right. Set yourselves in array. Go to the left, wherever your face is set.
ASV
Gather thee together, go to the right, set thyself in array, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is set.
DARBY
Gather up [strength], go to the right hand, turn thee, go to the left, whithersoever thy face is appointed.
BLB
Slash, thrust right, set it, thrust left, wherever your face is appointed!
ÅB
Ta deg sammen og hugg til høyre! Vend deg og hugg til venstre! Dit hvor din egg er bestemt!
OTB
Vend til høyre, du sverd; vend så til venstre, hvor enn ditt blad er rettet.
B1930
Ta dig sammen og hugg til høire! Vend dig og hugg til venstre! Dit hvor din egg er bestemt!

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 21:4

    Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

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  • Ezekiel 16:46

    And thine elder sister is Samaria, she and her daughters that dwell at thy left hand: and thy younger sister, that dwelleth at thy right hand, is Sodom and her daughters.

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  • Ezekiel 14:17

    Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

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  • Genesis 13:9

    Is not the whole land before thee? separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take the left hand, then I will go to the right; or if thou depart to the right hand, then I will go to the left.

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  • Ezekiel 21:20

    Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

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