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You therefore, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands together; and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the deadly wounded: it is the sword of the great one who is deadly wounded, which enters into their chambers.
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A Prophet's Anguish
Ezekiel is commanded to "smite his hands together," a gesture commentators identify as a sign of intense emotion. Scholars see this as expressing agony and consternation over the coming destruction. This serves as a powerful reminder that declaring God's judgment should be done with earnestness and sorrow, not glee, for those who will suffer.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword”; it is written in the form of He…
19th Century
Anglican
This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8–13 corresponding to Ezekiel 21:2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14-17 to Ezekiel 21:6-…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
You, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite your hands together As being in the greatest agony for what is coming upo…
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Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole land, that all…
