King James Version
Ezekiel 38:21 in the King James Version says “And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be agai...” — study this verse from Ezekiel chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.”
Ezekiel 38:21 · KJV
For in my jealousy and in the fire of my wrath have I spoken, Surely in that day there shall be a great shaking in the land of Israel;
So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground. steep: or, towers, or, stairs
And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.
And I will plead against him with pestilence and with blood; and I will rain upon him, and upon his bands, and upon the many people that are with him, an overflowing rain, and great hailstones , fire, and brimstone.
Thus will I magnify myself, and sanctify myself; and I will be known in the eyes of many nations, and they shall know that I am the LORD.
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“And I will call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“against him throughout all my mountains”
H2022a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
“for a sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“for a sword”
H2719drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
“every man's”
H376a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
“shall be against his brother”
H251a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like h0001])
to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
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