Ezekiel 21:11

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“‘He gave it to be polished, to be grasped in the hand– the sword is sharpened, it is polished– giving it into the hand of the executioner.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 21:19 : 19 “You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.
  • Jer 25:9 : 9 So I, the LORD, affirm that I will send for all the peoples of the north and my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it and make them everlasting ruins. I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn.
  • Jer 25:33 : 33 Those who have been killed by the LORD at that time will be scattered from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned over, gathered up, or buried. Their dead bodies will lie scattered over the ground like manure.
  • Jer 51:20-23 : 20 “Babylon, you are my war club, my weapon for battle. I used you to smash nations. I used you to destroy kingdoms. 21 I used you to smash horses and their riders. I used you to smash chariots and their drivers. 22 I used you to smash men and women. I used you to smash old men and young men. I used you to smash young men and young women. 23 I used you to smash shepherds and their flocks. I used you to smash farmers and their teams of oxen. I used you to smash governors and leaders.”

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  • Ezek 21:8-10
    3 verses
    85%

    8The LORD’s message came to me:

    9“Son of man, prophesy and say:‘This is what the Lord says:“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

    10It is sharpened for slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning!“‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!

  • Ezek 21:12-15
    4 verses
    77%

    12Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

    13“‘For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the Sovereign LORD.’

    14“And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times! It is a sword for slaughter, a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

    15So hearts melt with fear and many stumble. At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter. Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!

  • Ezek 21:28-31
    4 verses
    77%

    28“As for you, son of man, prophesy and say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say:“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning–

    29while seeing false visions for you and reading lying omens for you– to place that sword on the necks of the profane wicked, whose day has come, the time of final punishment.

    30Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in your native land, I will judge you.

    31I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction.

  • Isa 49:2
    74%

    2He made my mouth like a sharp sword, he hid me in the hollow of his hand; he made me like a sharpened arrow, he hid me in his quiver.

  • Ezek 21:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

    3and say to them,‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

    4Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.

    5Then everyone will know that I am the LORD, who drew my sword from its sheath– it will not be sheathed again!’

  • Ezek 32:11
    73%

    11“‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.

  • Job 20:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

    24If he flees from an iron weapon, then an arrow from a bronze bow pierces him.

    25When he pulls it out and it comes out of his back, the gleaming point out of his liver, terrors come over him.

  • Isa 34:5-6
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    72%

    5He says,“Indeed, my sword has slaughtered heavenly powers. Look, it now descends on Edom, on the people I will annihilate in judgment.”

    6The LORD’s sword is dripping with blood, it is covered with fat; it drips with the blood of young rams and goats and is covered with the fat of rams’ kidneys. For the LORD is holding a sacrifice in Bozrah, a bloody slaughter in the land of Edom.

  • Job 41:26
    72%

    26Whoever strikes it with a sword will have no effect, nor with the spear, arrow, or dart.

  • Deut 32:41
    72%

    41I will sharpen my lightning-like sword, and my hand will grasp hold of the weapon of judgment; I will execute vengeance on my foes, and repay those who hate me!

  • Ezek 11:8
    72%

    8You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the Sovereign LORD.

  • Job 19:29
    71%

    29Fear the sword yourselves, for wrath brings the punishment by the sword, so that you may know that there is judgment.”

  • Ezek 21:20
    71%

    20Mark out the routes for the sword to take:“Rabbah of the Ammonites” and“Judah with Jerusalem in it.”

  • Job 39:23
    71%

    23On it the quiver rattles; the lance and javelin flash.

  • 1 Sam 13:20-21
    2 verses
    71%

    20So all Israel had to go down to the Philistines in order to get their plowshares, cutting instruments, axes, and sickles sharpened.

    21They charged two-thirds of a shekel to sharpen plowshares and cutting instruments, and a third of a shekel to sharpen picks and axes, and to set ox goads.

  • Ezek 31:11
    71%

    11I gave it over to the leader of the nations. He has judged it thoroughly, as its sinfulness deserves. I have thrown it out.

  • Jer 18:21
    70%

    21So let their children die of starvation. Let them be cut down by the sword. Let their wives lose their husbands and children. Let the older men die of disease and the younger men die by the sword in battle.

  • Jer 50:35-36
    2 verses
    70%

    35“Destructive forces will come against the Babylonians,” says the LORD.“They will come against the people who inhabit Babylonia, against her leaders and her men of wisdom.

    36Destructive forces will come against her false prophets; they will be shown to be fools! Destructive forces will come against her soldiers; they will be filled with terror!

  • Ezek 32:20-21
    2 verses
    70%

    20They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; they carry her and all her hordes away.

    21The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies, saying:‘The uncircumcised have come down; they lie still, killed by the sword.’

  • Ezek 14:17
    70%

    17“Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say,‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.

  • Job 40:19
    70%

    19It ranks first among the works of God, the One who made it has furnished it with a sword.

  • Ps 7:13
    70%

    13He has prepared deadly weapons to use against him; he gets ready to shoot flaming arrows.

  • Ps 37:14
    70%

    14Evil men draw their swords and prepare their bows, to bring down the oppressed and needy, and to slaughter those who are godly.

  • Ps 55:21
    69%

    21His words are as smooth as butter, but he harbors animosity in his heart. His words seem softer than oil, but they are really like sharp swords.

  • Nah 3:3
    69%

    3The charioteers will charge ahead; their swords will flash and their spears will glimmer! There will be many people slain; there will be piles of the dead, and countless casualties– so many that people will stumble over the corpses.

  • Hos 11:6
    69%

    6A sword will flash in their cities, it will destroy the bars of their city gates, and will devour them in their fortresses.

  • Ps 149:6
    69%

    6May the praises of God be in their mouths and a two-edged sword in their hands,

  • 2 Sam 22:35
    69%

    35He trains my hands for battle; my arms can bend even the strongest bow.

  • Eccl 10:10
    69%

    10If an iron axhead is blunt and a workman does not sharpen its edge, he must exert a great deal of effort; so wisdom has the advantage of giving success.

  • Isa 10:15
    69%

    15Does an ax exalt itself over the one who wields it, or a saw magnify itself over the one who cuts with it? As if a scepter should brandish the one who raises it, or a staff should lift up what is not made of wood!

  • Ps 89:43
    69%

    43You turn back his sword from the adversary, and have not sustained him in battle.

  • Song 3:8
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    8All of them are skilled with a sword, well-trained in the art of warfare. Each has his sword at his side, to guard against the terrors of the night.

  • Joel 3:10
    69%

    10Beat your plowshares into swords, and your pruning hooks into spears! Let the weak say,‘I too am a warrior!’

  • Jer 25:16
    69%

    16When they have drunk it, they will stagger to and fro and act insane. For I will send wars sweeping through them.”

  • Isa 13:15
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    15Everyone who is caught will be stabbed; everyone who is seized will die by the sword.