Ezequiel 21:15

15 para que sus corazones se acobarden y caigan muchos. En todas sus puertas he puesto la espada reluciente. ¡Ah!, hecha para centellear, pulida para la matanza.

Ezequiel 21:15 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:15

I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,
&c.] The word rendered "point" is nowhere else used, and is differently translated: by some the "fear" of the sword ^F26, as Menachem and Kimchi; by others the "cry" of the sword, or of those that are slain with it, as Jarchi; and the Targum paraphrases it,

``those that slay with the sword:''

some, as both Jarchi and Kimchi, observe, by an inversion of the letters of the alphabet, called "athbash", render it, the "slaughter" of the sword; and De Dieu and Dr. Castel, from the use of the word in the Ethiopic language, the "destruction" of it, or, the power of it. The meaning is, that the enemy, with their swords drawn, should be placed at every gate of the city of Jerusalem, or of their houses, pointed towards them; which would be very terrible, and sore destruction to them. That their hearts may faint;
seeing nothing but death before their eyes, and no way to escape it: and their ruins be multiplied;
of their families, and of their houses. Ah! it is made bright;
to terrify the more, as in ( Ezekiel 21:10 ) , appearing as a flaming sword, and so causing fear; the prophet expresses his sorrow and concern for it. The Targum is,

``woe! the sword is drawn out to kill.''

It is wrapped up for slaughter;
in its sheath or scabbard, that it might not rust or be blunted, it being furbished and brightened; but this seems contrary to its being drawn out of its sheath, as in ( Ezekiel 21:3 Ezekiel 21:5 ) . Kimchi renders it, therefore, "sharpened", as in ( Ezekiel 21:10 ) and so the Targum,

``it is sharpened to destroy;''

the more easily and speedily.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (brx txba) "terrorem gladii", Munster, Pagninus, Montanus.

Ezequiel 21:15 In-Context

13 Porque la prueba está hecha; ¿y qué si el cetro mismo que desprecia la espada deja de existir?declara el Señor DIOS.

14 Tú, pues, hijo de hombre, profetiza y bate palmas; sea la espada duplicada y triplicada, la espada para los muertos. Es la espada de la gran víctima, que los tiene rodeados,

15 para que sus corazones se acobarden y caigan muchos. En todas sus puertas he puesto la espada reluciente. ¡Ah!, hecha para centellear, pulida para la matanza.

16 Muéstrate afilada, ve a la derecha; prepárate, ve a la izquierda, adondequiera que tu filo sea dirigido.

17 También yo batiré palmas, y aplacaré mi furor. Yo, el SEÑOR, he hablado.