Ezequiel 21:9

9 Hijo de hombre, profetiza, y di: "Así dice el SEÑOR." Di: "Espada, espada afilada y también pulida.

Ezequiel 21:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:9

Son of man, prophesy and say, thus saith the Lord
Deliver out the following prophecy in the name of the Lord: say, a sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished;
it is not only drawn out of its sheath, as before, but is made sharp and bright, and ready for use. It is repeated, either to show the certainty of it, or to express the terror and anguish of mind on account of it; persons in distress generally repeating that which is the occasion of it. The Targum interprets it of two swords, the sword of the Babylonians, and the sword of the Ammonites; first the one was to be used, and then the other: this latter, Jarchi and Kimchi observe, was fulfilled by Ishmael the son of Nethaniah slaying Gedaliah, sent for that purpose by Baalis king of the Ammonites, ( Jeremiah 40:14 ) ( Jeremiah 41:2 Jeremiah 41:10 ) , but if two distinct swords are meant, I should rather think the sword of the Chaldeans, and the sword of the Romans, are intended. Cocceius, before observed, interprets it only of the latter; but Abendana both of the sword of the king of Babylon, and of the sword of the Romans.

Ezequiel 21:9 In-Context

7 Y cuando te digan: "¿Por qué gimes?", dirás: "Por la noticia que viene, todo corazón desfallecerá, toda mano se debilitará, todo espíritu se apagará y toda rodilla flaqueará. He aquí, viene y sucederá"declara el Señor DIOS.

8 Y vino a mí la palabra del SEÑOR, diciendo:

9 Hijo de hombre, profetiza, y di: "Así dice el SEÑOR." Di: "Espada, espada afilada y también pulida.

10 "Para la matanza ha sido afilada, para brillar como el rayo ha sido pulida." ¿Acaso hemos de alegrarnos, cuando el cetro de mi hijo desprecia toda vara?

11 Es dada para que sea pulida, para que sea empuñada; ha sido afilada la espada, ha sido pulida, para ponerla en manos del matador.