Ezekiel 21:3

¹ And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

² “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

⁴ Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.

⁵ Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’

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.

Compare

BSB: and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
KJV: And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
WEB: Tell the land of Israel, ‘The LORD says: “Behold, I am against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
ASV: and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: 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.
DARBY: and say to the land of Israel, Thus saith Jehovah: Behold, I am against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.
BLB: and say to the land of Israel, thus says YHWH: ‘Behold, I [am] against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and I will cut off from you the righteous one and the wicked one!

ÅB: Og si til Israels land: Så sier Herren: Se, jeg kommer over deg og drar mitt sverd av skjeden, og jeg vil utrydde både rettferdige og ugudelige i deg.
OTB: og si til Israels land: ‘Dette sier Herren: Se, jeg er imot deg, og jeg vil trekke mitt sverd fra sliren og hugge bort både de rettferdige og de ugudelige fra deg.
B1930: Og si til Israels land: Så sier Herren: Se, jeg kommer over dig og drar mitt sverd av skjeden, og jeg vil utrydde både rettferdige og ugudelige i dig.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Job 9:22
It is all the same, and so I say, ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’
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Ezekiel 5:8
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
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Jeremiah 21:13
Behold, I am against you who dwell above the valley, atop the rocky plateau— declares the LORD— you who say, “Who can come against us? Who can enter our dwellings?”
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Ezekiel 14:21
For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?
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Ezekiel 5:12
A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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Ezekiel 21:19
“Now you, son of man, mark out two roads for the sword of the king of Babylon to take, both starting from the same land. And make a signpost where the road branches off to each city.
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Ezekiel 14:17
Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,
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Nahum 3:5
“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.
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