Ezequiel 21:1

La espada justiciera

1 El SEÑOR me dirigió la palabra:

Ezequiel 21:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ver. 1. And the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] Upon theEzekiel 21:2

Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem
Which shows that this city was meant by "the south", ( Ezekiel 20:46 ) : and drop thy word toward the holy places;
which also are meant by the south in the passage referred to, even the holy land, holy city, and holy temple; or the temple itself is only meant, with the courts adjoining to it; or as consisting of three parts, as Kimchi, the porch, the temple, and the oracle; or the outward court, the holy place, and the holy of holies; and it may respect all other places for sacred worship, as their synagogues, both in city and country; which were not to be spared any more than the temple, nor were they, ( Psalms 74:7 Psalms 74:8 ) . Jarchi thinks that the destruction both of the first and second temple is here intended; and which sense Kimchi also mentions. And prophesy against the land of Israel:
by which it appears that this is intended by the "forest of the south field": even the numerous inhabitants of it in general, as well as the city of Jerusalem, ( Ezekiel 20:46 ) .

Ezequiel 21:1 In-Context

1 El SEÑOR me dirigió la palabra:
2 «Hijo de hombre, vuélvele la espalda a Jerusalén; clama contra sus santuarios, profetiza contra la tierra de Israel,
3 anúnciale que así dice el SEÑOR: “Me declaro contra ti. Desenvainaré mi espada y mataré a justos y a malvados por igual.
4 Puesto que he de extirpar de ti tanto al justo como al malvado, mi espada saldrá contra todo el mundo, desde el norte hasta el sur.
5 Así todos sabrán que yo, el SEÑOR, he desenvainado la espada y no volveré a envainarla”.
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