Ezekiel 21:5

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Then I said, 'Alas, Sovereign LORD! They are saying of me, "Is he not just speaking in riddles?"'

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  • Ezek 21:30 : 30 As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, your day has come, the time of your final punishment.
  • Nah 1:9 : 9 Whatever you plot against the Lord, he will bring it to an end; trouble will not come a second time.
  • 1 Sam 3:12 : 12 On that day I will carry out everything I have spoken against Eli’s house, from beginning to end.
  • Jer 23:20 : 20 The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come, you will clearly understand it.
  • 1 Kgs 9:7-9 : 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?' 9 And the people will answer, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they embraced other gods, worshiped them, and served them. That is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.'
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.
  • Isa 55:11 : 11 so is my word that goes out from my mouth: It will not return to me empty, but it will accomplish what I desire and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
  • Num 14:21-23 : 21 Nevertheless, as surely as I live and as surely as the glory of the LORD fills the whole earth, 22 none of those who saw my glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness, but who disobeyed me and tested me ten times, 23 not one of them will see the land I promised on oath to their ancestors. No one who has spurned me will see it.
  • Deut 29:24-28 : 24 And they will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 25 They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.' 26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book. 27 In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today. 28 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.

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    3and say to the southern forest, 'Listen to the word of the LORD. This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Behold, I am about to set you ablaze, and it will devour every green tree and every dry tree within you. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from the south to the north will be scorched by it.

    4All human beings will see that I, the LORD, have ignited it, and it will not be put out.

  • Isa 34:5
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    5For My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens. Behold, it will descend upon Edom, upon the people of My judgment, to bring justice.

  • Ezek 14:17
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    17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, 'Let a sword pass through the land,' and I cut off from it both man and beast,

  • Ezek 17:21
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    21All his fugitives in all his troops will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered to every direction. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

  • Ezek 21:30-31
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    30As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, your day has come, the time of your final punishment.

    31This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Remove the turban and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are. Exalt the lowly and bring down the exalted.

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    8Say to the land of Israel, 'This is what the LORD says: Behold, I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

    9Because I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh, from the south to the north.

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    8Therefore, this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am bringing a sword against you, and I will cut off both man and beast from among you.

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    15sharpened to slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son, which despises every tree?'

  • Ezek 38:21
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    21I will call for a sword against him on all my mountains, declares the Lord GOD. The sword of every man will be against his brother.

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    8You have feared the sword, so I will bring the sword against you, declares the Lord God.

  • Ezek 21:11-13
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    11And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your heart and with bitterness. Sigh in their sight.

    12And when they ask you, 'Why are you groaning?' you are to say, 'Because of the news that is coming; every heart will melt, every hand will go weak, every spirit will grow faint, and every knee will turn to water. Behold, it is coming, and it will happen,' declares the Sovereign LORD.

    13Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:

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    11For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.'

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    10And they will know that I am the LORD; I did not warn about bringing this disaster on them without cause.

  • Jer 21:5
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    5And I myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand, a strong arm, in anger, in fury, and with great wrath.

  • Jer 25:31
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    31The clamor will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD has a case against the nations. He will bring judgment on all mankind and hand over the wicked to the sword,' declares the LORD.

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    17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will bereave you. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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    17Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against My people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered to the sword with My people. Therefore, strike your thigh in despair.

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    14I, the Lord, have spoken. It will come to pass, and I will act. I will not relent, I will not show pity, nor will I change my mind. According to your ways and your deeds, you will be judged, declares the Lord God.

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    10You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you at the border of Israel. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

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    23By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.

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