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Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you.
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The Finality of Judgment
Commentators see the command to return the sword to its sheath as a declaration of finality. Whether it's God telling the Ammonites their resistance is futile or a rhetorical question implying the sword's work isn't done, the message is clear: God's judgment is sovereign and cannot be averted by human effort. Ammon's fate is sealed.
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Ezekiel
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The third word of judgment. The king of Babylon’s march upon Judea and upon the Ammonites. Destruction is to go out not on Judah only, but also on …
19th Century
Anglican
Shall I cause it to return?— There is nothing in the original to indicate either a question, or that this is spoken in th…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Shall I cause it to return into its sheath ? &c.] The drawn and furbished sword of the Chaldeans? no, I will not; it…
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