Ah, (A)sword of the Lord,
How long will you not be quiet?
Withdraw into your sheath;
Rest and stay still.

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“‘Alas, sword(A) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’(B)

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and say to the land of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, (A)I am against you; and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the (B)righteous and the wicked. Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against [a](C)humanity from south to north. So [b]humanity will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword from its sheath. It will (D)not return to its sheath again.”’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:4 Lit all flesh
  2. Ezekiel 21:5 Lit all flesh

and say to her: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you.(A) I will draw my sword(B) from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.(C) Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword(D) will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.(E) Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword(F) from its sheath; it will not return(G) again.’(H)

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