King James Version
Ezekiel 21:5 in the King James Version says “That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 21 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.”
Ezekiel 21:5 · 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.
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:
That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
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 brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD. shall be weak: Heb. shall go into water
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“may know”
H3045to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including o
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“That all flesh”
H1320flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“that I the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“have drawn forth”
H3318to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim
“my sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“out of his sheath”
H8593a knife or razor (as making bare); also a scabbard (as being bare, i.e., empty)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“it shall not return”
H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);
properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially (with or without preposition), again, repeatedly, still, more
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