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2019 April 15
Ezekiel 21



Parade Sword (1509)
Domenico de Sutrio or An Unknown Italian Goldsmith Decorative Artist (fl. early 1500s)
Italian Renaissance Style
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Image Source: Web Gallery of Art

     [ Illustration: Unlike the decorative sword depicted above, a killing sword was coming against those who rebelled against God. ]



SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]



     Explanation: In Ezekiel 21, the LORD said he had drawn a sword against Jerusalem. He had drawn it from its sheath and would not put it back (1-5).
     Hearts would melt; spirits would faint (6-17).
     The King of Babylon would stand at the crossroads between the land of the Ammonites and Jerusalem, would use divination to decide which one to attack, and he would choose Jerusalem (18-27).
     But not long afterward, the King of Babylon would also attack the Ammonites (28-32).


     [ Sermons: James Philip. Various. ]



Bible Chronologies -- Genesis to Revelation

[Traditional Patriarchal Chronology. Judges Period Chronology 1. Judges Period Chronology 2. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].

[Post Exile Chronology 1. Post Exile Chronology 2. Post Exile Chronology 3.]

[Prophets Chronology 1. Prophets Chronology 2. Prophets Chronology 3. Prophets Chronology 4.]

[Intertestamental Period Chronology 1. Intertestamental Period Chronology 2. Intertestamental Period Chronology 3.
Intertestamental Period Chronology 4. Intertestamental Period Chronology 5.]

[New Testament Chronology 1. New Testament Chronology 2. New Testament Chronology 3. New Testament Chronology 4. New Testament Chronology 5.]



RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: Ezekiel 21: Ezekiel 13. Ezekiel 14. Ezekiel 15. Ezekiel 16. Ezekiel 17. Ezekiel 18. Ezekiel 19. Ezekiel 20. Ezekiel 21. Ezekiel 22. Ezekiel 23. ]
[1-2] Ezekiel 4:3, 7; Ezekiel 6:2.
[3] Ezekiel 20:47.
[4] Ezekiel 6:11-14; Ezekiel 7:2.
[5] Ezekiel 20:48.
[6] Job 40:16; Psalm 66:11; Psalm 69:23; Isaiah 21:3; Nahum 2:10; Luke 21:26.
[7] Ezekiel 12:9-11; Ezekiel 7:26.
[8-9] Deuteronomy 32:41-42; Isaiah 66:16; Jeremiah 12:12.
[10] Genesis 49:9-10; Ezekiel 17:22-23.
[11] Jeremiah 25:9, 33.
[12] Jeremiah 31:19.
[13] Ezekiel 21:10.
[14] Ezekiel 22:13; Ezekiel 6:11; Numbers 24:10; Ezekiel 20:16; Ezekiel 20:21; Ezekiel 20:24.
[15] Deuteronomy 32:41; Job 20:25; Nahum 3:3.
[16] Ezekiel 6:11; Leviticus 26:21, 24.
[17] Ezekiel 16:42; Ezekiel 5:13; Ezekiel 14:13.
[18-19] Jeremiah 1:10.
[20] Ezekiel 25:5; Jeremiah 49:2; Amos 1:14.
[21] 1 Samuel 15:23.
[22] Ezekiel 4:2; Jeremiah 51:14.
[23] Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 17:13-19; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:15; Ezekiel 17:18.
[24] Ezekiel 16:16; Ezekiel 22:2-12, 24-31.
[25] Ezekiel 17:19; Genesis 15:16; Daniel 8:23; Matthew 23:34-36.
[26] 2 Kings 25:6, 27; 1 Samuel 2:6-8; Luke 1:51-53.
[27] Haggai 2:21-22; Genesis 49:10; Zechariah 6:12-13; Ezekiel 25:1-7; Zephaniah 2:8.
[28] Ezekiel 25:2-7; Zephaniah 2:8-10.
[29] Ezekiel 12:24; Ezekiel 13:23; Lamentations 2:14.
[30] Jeremiah 47:6-7.
[31] Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 20:47-48.
[32] Malachi 4:1.
     -- From Treasury of Scripture Knowledge & Others ]


          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). PROVERBS: Book of Proverbs. ECCLESIASTES: Book of Ecclesiastes Dramatized. SONG OF SOLOMON: Song of Solomon Dramatized. ISAIAH: Isaiah Dramatized. JEREMIAH: Jeremiah Dramatized. LAMENTATIONS: Lamentations Dramatized. EZEKIEL: Ezekiel Dramatized. VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]


HARMONY OF THE LAW


John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB



GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)


HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES


Hebrew and Greek Interlinear Download - Scripture 4 All

Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible


Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear


Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible




Ezekiel Detailed Outline



Ezekiel 21


Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Post Exile Chronology.


1. Before the Siege of Jerusalem (Ezekiel 1:1 - Ezekiel 23:49) - 593 - 586 B.C. Babylon

F. The Judgments Motif (Continued) (13:1 - 23:49)

3). The Allegories (Continued) (15:1 - 23:49)

g). The Sword Allegory: Babylon Receives an Omen from the LORD to Attack Jerusalem (21:1-32)



     1 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 2 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel, 3 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. 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: 5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

     6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes. 7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be bought to pass, saith the Lord GOD.

     8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say,

A sword, a sword is sharpened,
and also furbished:
10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; [slaughter a slaughter];
it is furbished that it may glitter [it may become lightning]:
should we then make mirth?
it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
11 And he hath given it to be furbished,
that it may be handled [to be wielded by hand]:
this sword is sharpened,
and it is furbished,
to give it into the hand of the slayer.


12 Cry and howl, son of man:
for it shall be upon my people,
it shall be upon all the princes of Israel:
terrors by reason of the sword
shall be upon my people:
smite therefore upon thy thigh.
13 Because it is a trial,
and what if the sword contemn even the rod?
it shall be no more,
saith the Lord GOD.


14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy,
and smite thine hands together, [and strike palm upon palm],
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 [which incloses them].


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 [made lightning],
it is wrapped up for the slaughter.
16 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 [I will strike my palm upon my palm],
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, 19 Also, thou son of man, appoint thee two ways, that the sword of the king of Babylon may come: both twain shall come forth out of one land: and choose thou a place, choose it at the head of the way to the city. 20 Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the defenced.

     21 For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he made his arrows bright, he consulted with images, he looked in the liver.

     22 At his right hand was the divination for Jerusalem, to appoint captains, to open the mouth in the slaughter, to lift up the voice with shouting, to appoint battering rams against the gates, to cast a mount, and to build a fort. 23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: but he will call to remembrance the iniquity, that they may be taken.

     24 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye have made your iniquity to be remembered, in that your transgressions are discovered, so that in all your doings your sins do appear; because, I say, that ye are come to remembrance, ye shall be taken with the hand.

25 And thou,
profane wicked prince of Israel,
whose day is come,
when iniquity shall have an end,


     26 Thus saith the Lord GOD;

Remove the diadem,
and take off the crown:
this shall not be the same:
exalt him that is low,
and abase him that is high.
27 I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it:
and it shall be no more,
until he come whose right it is;
and I will give it him.


     28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou,

The sword,
the sword is drawn:
for the slaughter it is furbished,
to consume because of the glittering:
29 Whiles they see vanity unto thee,
whiles they divine a lie unto thee,
to bring thee upon the necks of
them that are slain,
of the wicked,
whose day is come,
when their iniquity shall have an end.




I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created,
in the land of thy nativity.
31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee,
I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath,
and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men,
and skilful to destroy.
32 Thou shalt be for fuel to the fire;
thy blood shall be in the midst of the land;
thou shalt be no more remembered:
for I the LORD have spoken it.


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