Ezequiel 21:3

3 y dirás a la tierra de Israel: Así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí, que yo estoy contra ti, y sacaré mi espada de su vaina, y talaré de ti al justo y al impío

Ezequiel 21:3 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:3

And say to the land of Israel
The inhabitants of it, signified by the "forest of the south field", ( Ezekiel 20:47 ) : thus saith the Lord, behold, I am against thee;
and sad it is to have the Lord against a people, a nation, a city, or a family, or a particular person; for there is no contending with him, or standing before him; there is always a reason for it, it is for sin when God is against a people, even his own professing people: and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath;
bring the Chaldean army out of Babylon; which interprets what is meant by the "fire" he would kindle in the land of Israel, ( Ezekiel 20:47 ) , namely, the sword of the enemy, which he would bring upon it; or war, with all its desolating train of judgments: and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked;
meant by the green and dry tree, ( Ezekiel 20:47 ) , who, though they shall not perish everlastingly together, yet may fall together in temporal calamities; the one may be chastised, and the other condemned; or the one be carried captive for their good, as Ezekiel and Daniel and others be cut off by sword and famine; and such as were captives, never the better for their captivity. The Targum is,

``I will remove out of thee thy righteous ones, that I may destroy thy wicked ones.''

Some think that only such who were righteous in appearance, or in their own sight, are here meant. R. Saadiah Gaon, as Kimchi quotes him, interprets them of such as were righteous to Baal, and served him continually, in distinction from such as were wicked to him, and did not serve him continually; and both were wicked before the Lord, and therefore justly cut off.

Ezequiel 21:3 In-Context

1 Y vino Palabra del SEÑOR a mí, diciendo

2 Hijo de hombre, pon tu rostro contra Jerusalén, y derrama palabra sobre los santuarios, y profetiza sobre la tierra de Israel

3 y dirás a la tierra de Israel: Así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí, que yo estoy contra ti, y sacaré mi espada de su vaina, y talaré de ti al justo y al impío

4 Y por cuanto talaré de ti al justo y al impío, por tanto, mi espada saldrá de su vaina contra toda carne, desde el mediodía hasta el aquilón

5 y sabrá toda carne que yo, el SEÑOR, saqué mi espada de su vaina; no la envainaré más