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Ezekiel 21:5–6

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That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.
Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.
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From verse 5

  1. Ezekiel 21:30Rank 1 from verse 5
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    30Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

  2. Nahum 1:9Rank 2 from verse 5
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    9What do ye imagine against the Lord? he will make an utter end: affliction shall not rise up the second time.

  3. 1 Samuel 3:12Rank 3 from verse 5
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    12In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end.

  4. Ezekiel 20:48Rank 4 from verse 5
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    48And all flesh shall see that I the Lord have kindled it: it shall not be quenched.

  5. Jeremiah 23:20Rank 5 from verse 5
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    20The anger of the Lord shall not return, until he have executed, and till he have performed the thoughts of his heart: in the latter days ye shall consider it perfectly.

From verse 6

  1. Ezekiel 6:11Rank 1 from verse 6
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    11¶ Thus saith the Lord God; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  2. Isaiah 22:4Rank 2 from verse 6
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    4Therefore said I, Look away from me; I will weep bitterly, labour not to comfort me, because of the spoiling of the daughter of my people.

  3. Daniel 5:6Rank 3 from verse 6
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    6Then the king’s countenance was changed, and his thoughts troubled him, so that the joints of his loins were loosed, and his knees smote one against another.

  4. Daniel 8:27Rank 4 from verse 6
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    27And I Daniel fainted, and was sick certain days; afterward I rose up, and did the king’s business; and I was astonished at the vision, but none understood it.

  5. Ezekiel 12:3–5Rank 5 from verse 6
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    3Therefore, thou son of man, prepare thee stuff for removing, and remove by day in their sight; and thou shalt remove from thy place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they be a rebellious house.

    4Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.

    5Dig thou through the wall in their sight, and carry out thereby.

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Ezekiel 21:5

COMBINED MEANING

flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

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know

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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.

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drawn

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1. Pulled or dragged. 2. Brought, led, or attracted. 3. Taken out or extracted. 4. Marked out in a line.

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COMBINED MEANING

forth

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1. Outward, away, or forward from a place, person, possession, or former position. 2. In constructions of bearing or producing, into birth, growth, fruit, or another stated result. 3. With verbs such as put, stretch, spread, or reach, outward by extension or exertion. 4. In constructions of showing, speaking, issuing, or displaying, into view, expression, publication, or effect. 5. Onward from a stated time or point, as in from that time forth.

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out

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Outside, away from within, forth, absent, or no longer in a stated condition.

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sheath

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A case for the reception of a sword or other long and slender instrument; a scabbard.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

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return

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Sense 1: To go, come, send, or give back; to restore, answer, or turn again. Sense 2: The act or time of coming back or recurring.

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Ezekiel 21:6

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thou

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The singular second-person subject pronoun, meaning you when directly addressing one person, being, or individually treated addressee.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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son

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1. A male child or descendant. 2. One belonging to, related to, or characterized by the person, people, place, condition, or quality named.

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man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

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breaking

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The act or process of parting, opening, bursting, demolishing, violating, dividing, or beginning to break forth.

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bitterness

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1. Deep grief, anguish, or painful distress. 2. A bitter or harmful disposition, condition, or expression, including resentment or hostility.

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before

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Earlier than in time; in front of; in the presence of; or prior in order or rank.

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eyes

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The bodily organs of sight; by extension, sight, attention, observation, perception, understanding, desire, judgment, estimation, favour, or the presence and view before which something occurs.

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4Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

5That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

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6Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

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7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God.

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