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Hesekiel 21:14

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14 (H21:19) Und du, Menschensohn, weissage und schlage die Hände zusammen; denn das Schwert, das Schwert der Erschlagenen, wird sich ins Dreifache vervielfältigen; es ist das Schwert des erschlagenen Großen, welches sie umkreist.

Hesekiel 21:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:14

Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands
together
As being in the greatest agony for what is coming upon thy people: or "strike hand to hand" F25; clap them together, as encouraging the enemy with his drawn, sharp, and glittering sword, to make use of it, and do execution with it: and let the sword be doubled the third time;
some think this has reference to the three captivities of Jehoiakim, Jeconiah, and Zedekiah: others to the threefold calamity in Zedekiah's time; the first, the taking of him; the second, the taking of the city; the third, the carrying captive the residue along with Gedaliah: or to the three times the Chaldeans came against Jerusalem, after this prophecy; first with Nebuchadnezzar, in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, and took him and the city; then with Nebuzaradan, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar, and burnt the city and temple; and again in the twenty third of Nebuchadnezzar, and carried away the remnant of the people, ( Jeremiah 52:5 Jeremiah 52:6 Jeremiah 52:12 Jeremiah 52:30 ) : the sword of the slain:
by which many should be slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain:
of the sons of the kings, and of the princes and nobles of the land: which entereth into their privy chambers;
where they should endeavour to hide themselves from it, but in vain, none should escape; their privy chambers could not secrete nor secure them: or "which remains with them"; as that which is laid up, and reserved in a privy chamber, as De Dieu, from the use of the word in the Ethiopic language, renders it.


FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Pk la Pk Khw) "percute manum ad manum", Pagninus, Polanus; "volum ad volam"; Montanus; "feri manum ad manum", Starckius.
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Hesekiel 21:14 In-Context

12 (H21:17) Schreie und heule, Menschensohn! Denn es ist gegen mein Volk, es ist gegen alle Fürsten Israels: Samt meinem Volke sind sie dem Schwerte verfallen; darum schlage dich auf die Lenden.
13 (H21:18) Denn die Probe ist gemacht; und was? Wenn sogar das verachtende Zepter nicht mehr sein wird? spricht der Herr, Jehova. -
14 (H21:19) Und du, Menschensohn, weissage und schlage die Hände zusammen; denn das Schwert, das Schwert der Erschlagenen, wird sich ins Dreifache vervielfältigen; es ist das Schwert des erschlagenen Großen, welches sie umkreist.
15 (H21:20) Damit das Herz zerfließe und viele hinstürzen, habe ich das schlachtende Schwert wider alle ihre Tore gerichtet. Wehe! Zum Blitzen ist es gemacht, zum Schlachten geschärft.
16 (H21:21) Nimm dich zusammen nach rechts, richte dich nach links, wohin deine Schneide bestimmt ist!
The Elberfelder Bible is in the public domain.

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