Ezekiel 21:5
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That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back.

all

Ezekiel 20:48 And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord have kindled it, and it shall not be quenched.

Numbers 14:21-23 As I live: and the whole earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord. . . .

Deuteronomy 29:24-28 And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath? . . .

1 Kings 9:7-9 I will take away Israel from the face of the land which I have given them; and the temple which I have sanctified to my name, I will cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb, and a byword among all people. . . .

it shall

Ezekiel 21:30 Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

1 Samuel 3:12 In that day I will raise up against Heli all the things I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin, and I will make an end.

Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by myself, the word of justice shall go out of my mouth, and shall not return:

Isaiah 55:11 So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

Jeremiah 23:20 The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel.

Nahum 1:9 What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.

Context
The LORD's Sword of Judgment
4And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north. 5That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back.6And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.…
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:40
I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live for ever.

1 Samuel 3:12
In that day I will raise up against Heli all the things I have spoken concerning his house: I will begin, and I will make an end.

Jeremiah 23:20
The wrath of the Lord shall not return till he execute it, and till he accomplish the thought of his heart: in the latter days you shall understand his counsel.

Jeremiah 25:27
And thou shalt say to them: Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Drink ye, and be drunken, and vomit: and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword, which I shall send among you.

Ezekiel 21:6
And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.

Ezekiel 21:30
Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

Nahum 1:9
What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end: there shall not rise a double affliction.

Lexicon
Then all
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3605: The whole, all, any, every

flesh
בָּשָׂ֔ר (bā·śār)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1320: Flesh, body, person, the pudenda of a, man

will know
וְיָֽדְעוּ֙ (wə·yā·ḏə·‘ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

that
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction

I,
אֲנִ֣י (’ă·nî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 589: I

the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

have taken
הוֹצֵ֥אתִי (hō·w·ṣê·ṯî)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

My sword
חַרְבִּ֖י (ḥar·bî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 2719: Drought, a cutting instrument, as a, knife, sword

from its sheath,
מִתַּעְרָ֑הּ (mit·ta‘·rāh)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8593: A knife, razor, a scabbard

not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to return it
תָשׁ֖וּב (ṯā·šūḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7725: To turn back, in, to retreat, again

again.’
עֽוֹד׃ (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more


Additional Translations
Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

and all flesh shall know that I, Jehovah, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

and all flesh shall know that I Jehovah have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

and all flesh shall know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn my sword out of its sheath: it shall not return any more.

and all flesh shall know that I, Yahweh, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.

And known have all flesh that I, Jehovah, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It doth not turn back any more.
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