Ezequiel 21:1

1 Espada del juicio del Señor
Luego recibí este mensaje del Señor
:

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 Espada del juicio del Señor
Luego recibí este mensaje del Señor
:

2 «Hijo de hombre, ponte de cara a Jerusalén y profetiza contra Israel y sus santuarios.

3 Dile: “Esto dice el Señor
: ‘Oh Israel, yo soy tu enemigo y voy a desenvainar mi espada para destruir a tu gente, a justos y a perversos por igual.

4 Así es, ¡eliminaré tanto a los justos como a los perversos! Sacaré mi espada contra todos los que estén en la tierra, desde el sur hasta el norte.

5 El mundo entero sabrá que yo soy el Señor
. Tengo la espada en la mano, y no la devolveré a su vaina hasta que haya terminado su trabajo’”.