Ezequiel 14:17

17 »Y si yo enviara guerra sobre ese país y dejara que la espada arrasara la tierra y eliminara a sus habitantes y a sus animales,

Ezequiel 14:17 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 14:17

Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land
The land which had grievously sinned; the same land into which a famine should come, and through which evil beasts should pass; to which, if the Lord should add, as he would, a third judgment, the sword; suffer a foreign enemy to come in among them, and destroy them. So the Targum,

``or if those that slay with the sword I should bring upon that land;''

the Chaldean army, as he did; the sword has its commission from God; war is not by chance; the invasion of a foreign enemy is from the Lord; and all the mischiefs and ravages of a tumultuous army are all by divine order: and say, sword, go through the land;
not only enter the borders of it, or proceed far in it, but even go through it; which is terrible indeed! but if the Lord bids it go, it must go, and does; it is a servant of his, and punctually obeys his commands; that is, such are those that use it, however profane and wicked they may be in themselves, as generally armies consist of dissolute persons; yet these are under a divine direction, and are obedient to the will of God, though they may know it not. So the Targum,

``and I say that they that kill with the sword pass through the land:''

so that I cut off man and beast from it;
by the sword; the one being destroyed as an enemy, the other for food.

Ezequiel 14:17 In-Context

15 »Y si por todo el país yo mandara bestias feroces que lo arrasaran y lo convirtieran en desierto desolado, de modo que por temor a las fieras nadie se atreviera a pasar,

16 aun si aquellos tres hombres vivieran allí, ni sus hijos ni sus hijas sobrevivirían. Solo ellos se salvarían, pero el país quedaría desolado. ¡Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, lo juro por mí mismo!

17 »Y si yo enviara guerra sobre ese país y dejara que la espada arrasara la tierra y eliminara a sus habitantes y a sus animales,

18 aun si aquellos tres hombres vivieran allí, ni sus hijos ni sus hijas sobrevivirían. Solo ellos se salvarían. ¡Yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, lo juro por mí mismo!

19 »Y si yo enviara peste a ese país y derramara sobre él mi ira mortal para eliminar a sus habitantes y a sus animales,