CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>Ezekiel 21:30 Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.</title><link rel="canonical" href="https://biblehub.com/ezekiel/21-30.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/new9.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><meta property="og:image" content="https://biblehub.com/visuals/6/26_Ezk_21_30.jpg" /><meta property="og:title" content="Ezekiel 21:30 - The LORD's Sword of Judgment" /><meta property="og:site_name" content="Bible Hub" /><meta property="og:description" content="Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you." /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/vmenus/ezekiel/21-30.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc/ezekiel/21-30.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/">Ezekiel</a> > <a href="/ezekiel/21.htm">Chapter 21</a> > Verse 30</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div><div id="ad1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/ad10.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm" title="Ezekiel 21:29">◄</a> Ezekiel 21:30 <a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm" title="Ezekiel 21:31">►</a></div></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="topverse"> <a href="#audio" class="clickchap2" title="Context and Audio Bible"> Audio </a> <a href="#crossref" class="clickchap2" title="Cross References"> Cross </a> <a href="#study" class="clickchap2" title="Study Bible"> Study </a> <a href="#commentary" class="clickchap2" title="Commentary"> Comm </a> <a href="#lexicon" class="clickchap2" title="Lexicon"> Heb </a> </div><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/21.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/21.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />&#8220&#8217Let the sword return to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your ancestry, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/21.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“Now return the sword to its sheath, for in your own country, the land of your birth, I will pass judgment upon you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Shall I cause <i>it</i> to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />‘Return <i>it</i> to its sheath. I will judge you In the place where you were created, In the land of your nativity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Return <i>it</i> to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Return <i>it</i> to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I shall judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Return <i>it</i> to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Return the sword to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin (birth), I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“ ‘Return it to its sheath! “ ‘I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your origin.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Return it to its sheath! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your origin. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Your days to punish others are over, so put your swords away. You will be punished in the land of your birth. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy birth, will I judge thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />" 'Return your sword to its scabbard. In the place where you were created, in the land where you were born, there I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"'Put up the sword! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land where you were born. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Return it to its scabbard. "At the place where you were formed, in the land of your origin, there is where I'll judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in your native land, I will judge you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, will I judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Shall I cause it to return into its sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Cause it to return into its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your birth, I will judge you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Turn [it] back to its scabbard; I judge you "" In the place where you were produced, "" In the land of your birth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Turn it back unto its scabbard, In the place where thou wast produced, In the land of thy birth I do judge thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Turn back; thou shalt not be naked: in the place where thou wert created, in the land of thy nativity, will I judge thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Return into thy sheath. I will judge thee in the place wherein thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Be returned to your sheath! I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Return to your scabbard! In the place you were created, In the land of your origin, I will judge you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Return it to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Return the sword to its sheath! for in the land wherein you were born, there will I judge you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Be brought into your sheath in the place where you were born, and there I shall judge you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Cause it to return into its sheath!-- In the place where thou wast created, in the land of thine origin, Will I judge thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Turn, rest not in this place wherein thou wert born: in thine own land will I judge thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=5963" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/21.htm">The LORD's Sword of Judgment</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">29</span>while they offer false visions for you and lying divinations about you—to be placed on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, the time of their final punishment. <span class="reftext">30</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm" title="7725: hā·šaḇ (V-Hifil-Imp-ms) -- A primitive root; to turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively; generally to retreat; often adverbial, again.">Return the sword</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/8593.htm" title="8593: ta‘·rāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- A razor, sheath. From arah; a knife or razor: also a scabbard.">its sheath!</a> <a href="/hebrew/4725.htm" title="4725: bim·qō·wm (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Or maqom; also mqowmah; or mqomah; from quwm; properly, a standing, i.e. A spot; but used widely of a locality; also of a condition.">In the place</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">where</a> <a href="/hebrew/1254.htm" title="1254: niḇ·rêṯ (V-Nifal-Perf-2fs) -- To create, to cut down, select, feed. A primitive root; to create; to cut down, select, feed.">you were created,</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4351.htm" title="4351: mə·ḵu·rō·w·ṯa·yiḵ (N-fpc:: 2fs) -- Origin. Or mkorah; from the same as kuwr in the sense of dipping; origin.">of your origin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/8199.htm" title="8199: ’eš·pōṭ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To judge, govern. ">I will judge</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯāḵ (DirObjM:: 2fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">31</span>I will pour out My anger upon you; I will breathe the fire of My fury against you; I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled in destruction.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-5.htm">Isaiah 34:5-6</a></span><br />When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction. / The sword of the LORD is bathed in blood. It drips with fat—with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams. For the LORD has a sacrifice in Bozrah, a great slaughter in the land of Edom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-10.htm">Jeremiah 46:10</a></span><br />For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the Lord GOD of Hosts will hold a sacrifice in the land of the north by the River Euphrates.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-15.htm">Isaiah 13:15-18</a></span><br />Whoever is caught will be stabbed, and whoever is captured will die by the sword. / Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished. / Behold, I will stir up against them the Medes, who have no regard for silver and no desire for gold. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-31.htm">Jeremiah 25:31-33</a></span><br />The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD. / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold! Disaster is spreading from nation to nation; a mighty storm is rising from the ends of the earth.” / Those slain by the LORD on that day will be spread from one end of the earth to the other. They will not be mourned, gathered, or buried. They will be like dung lying on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Isaiah 66:16</a></span><br />For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/50-35.htm">Jeremiah 50:35-37</a></span><br />A sword is against the Chaldeans, declares the LORD, against those who live in Babylon, and against her officials and wise men. / A sword is against her false prophets, and they will become fools. A sword is against her warriors, and they will be filled with terror. / A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/27-1.htm">Isaiah 27:1</a></span><br />In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/51-20.htm">Jeremiah 51:20-23</a></span><br />“You are My war club, My weapon for battle. With you I shatter nations; with you I bring kingdoms to ruin. / With you I shatter the horse and rider; with you I shatter the chariot and driver. / With you I shatter man and woman; with you I shatter the old man and the youth; with you I shatter the young man and the maiden. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/31-8.htm">Isaiah 31:8</a></span><br />“Then Assyria will fall, but not by the sword of man; a sword will devour them, but not one made by mortals. They will flee before the sword, and their young men will be put to forced labor.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Jeremiah 47:6-7</a></span><br />‘Alas, O sword of the LORD, how long until you rest? Return to your sheath; cease and be still!’ / How can it rest when the LORD has commanded it? He has appointed it against Ashkelon and the shore of its coastland.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/19-15.htm">Revelation 19:15</a></span><br />And from His mouth proceeds a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations, and He will rule them with an iron scepter. He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God the Almighty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/26-52.htm">Matthew 26:52</a></span><br />“Put your sword back in its place,” Jesus said to him. “For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/1-16.htm">Revelation 1:16</a></span><br />He held in His right hand seven stars, and a sharp double-edged sword came from His mouth. His face was like the sun shining at its brightest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/4-12.htm">Hebrews 4:12</a></span><br />For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/2-12.htm">Revelation 2:12</a></span><br />To the angel of the church in Pergamum write: These are the words of the One who holds the sharp, double-edged sword.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge you in the place where you were created, in the land of your nativity.</p><p class="hdg">Shall I cause it to return.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/21-4.htm">Ezekiel 21:4,5</a></b></br> Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Jeremiah 47:6,7</a></b></br> O thou sword of the LORD, how long <i>will it be</i> ere thou be quiet? put up thyself into thy scabbard, rest, and be still… </p><p class="hdg">I will</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-38.htm">Ezekiel 16:38</a></b></br> And I will judge thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Ezekiel 28:13,15</a></b></br> Thou hast been in Eden the garden of God; every precious stone <i>was</i> thy covering, the sardius, topaz, and the diamond, the beryl, the onyx, and the jasper, the sapphire, the emerald, and the carbuncle, and gold: the workmanship of thy tabrets and of thy pipes was prepared in thee in the day that thou wast created… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/genesis/15-14.htm">Genesis 15:14</a></b></br> And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.</p><p class="hdg">in the</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ezekiel 16:3,4</a></b></br> And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD unto Jerusalem; Thy birth and thy nativity <i>is</i> of the land of Canaan; thy father <i>was</i> an Amorite, and thy mother an Hittite… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Ancestry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-4.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-28.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-5.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-22.htm">Created</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-36.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-4.htm">Nativity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-3.htm">Origin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/17-6.htm">Produced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-12.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-5.htm">Scabbard</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-5.htm">Sheath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-28.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-26.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-47.htm">Wast</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/29-14.htm">Ancestry</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-4.htm">Birth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Cause</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-7.htm">Cover</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-13.htm">Created</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-2.htm">Judge</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-15.htm">Nativity</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-14.htm">Origin</a> <a href="/ezekiel/28-15.htm">Produced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/29-14.htm">Restore</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-51.htm">Scabbard</a> <a href="/daniel/7-15.htm">Sheath</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-10.htm">Sword</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-25.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-28.htm">Wast</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 21</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-1.htm">Ezekiel prophesies against Jerusalem with a sign of sighing</a></span><br><span class="reftext">8. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-8.htm">The sharp and bright sword</a></span><br><span class="reftext">18. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-18.htm">against Jerusalem</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-25.htm">against the kingdom</a></span><br><span class="reftext">28. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/21-28.htm">and against the Ammonites</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/21.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/21.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Return the sword to its sheath!</b><br>This phrase signifies a cessation of judgment or warfare. In the context of Ezekiel, the sword often symbolizes God's judgment against Israel and the surrounding nations. The command to return the sword to its sheath suggests a temporary pause or end to the immediate execution of judgment. This imagery is consistent with other biblical passages where the sword represents divine retribution (e.g., <a href="/jeremiah/47-6.htm">Jeremiah 47:6</a>). The sheathing of the sword can also be seen as a call for repentance and a chance for the people to turn back to God.<p><b>In the place where you were created,</b><br>This refers to the geographical and historical origins of the people being addressed. In Ezekiel's context, it likely points to the land of Israel or the specific location of the people or nation under judgment. The phrase emphasizes accountability and the idea that judgment will occur in the very place where they were established. This can be connected to the broader biblical theme of God holding nations accountable in their own lands, as seen in <a href="/amos/1.htm">Amos 1-2</a>, where various nations are judged in their respective territories.<p><b>in the land of your origin,</b><br>This reinforces the previous phrase, emphasizing the connection to one's roots and beginnings. It highlights the idea that the people cannot escape their past or the consequences of their actions. The land of origin is significant in biblical narratives, often representing identity and covenant relationship with God. For Israel, the land was a gift from God, and their disobedience led to judgment upon it. This concept is echoed in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are tied to the land.<p><b>I will judge you.</b><br>This is a direct declaration of divine judgment. In the prophetic literature, God's judgment is portrayed as both inevitable and just. The certainty of judgment is a recurring theme in Ezekiel, where God holds individuals and nations accountable for their actions. This phrase underscores God's sovereignty and justice, aligning with passages like <a href="/isaiah/66-16.htm">Isaiah 66:16</a>, where God judges with fire and sword. The judgment serves as a call to repentance and a reminder of God's holiness and righteousness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet during the Babylonian exile, tasked with delivering God's messages of judgment and hope to Israel.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire that conquered Jerusalem and took the Israelites into exile, serving as the backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_sword.htm">The Sword</a></b><br>Symbolizes God's instrument of judgment, often representing war and destruction.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_land_of_origin.htm">The Land of Origin</a></b><br>Refers to the place where the people or nation being judged originated, emphasizing accountability and divine justice.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The central theme of this passage, highlighting God's righteous and inevitable judgment on nations and individuals.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_justice_is_inevitable.htm">Divine Justice is Inevitable</a></b><br>God's judgment is certain and will be executed in His perfect timing. We must live with an awareness of His justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/a/accountability_to_god.htm">Accountability to God</a></b><br>Just as the nations are judged in their land of origin, we are accountable to God for our actions and must live righteously.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_sword_as_a_symbol_of_judgment.htm">The Sword as a Symbol of Judgment</a></b><br>The sword represents God's power to judge and correct. We should be mindful of His authority and live in obedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_return.htm">Repentance and Return</a></b><br>The call to "return the sword to its sheath" can be seen as an invitation to cease from sin and return to God in repentance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_god's_sovereignty.htm">Hope in God's Sovereignty</a></b><br>Even in judgment, there is hope because God is sovereign and His plans are ultimately for the good of those who love Him.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(30) <span class= "bld">Shall I cause it to return?--</span>There is nothing in the original to indicate either a question, or that this is spoken in the first person. It is addressed to the Ammonites, "Return it" (the sword) "into his sheath;" and it means that all resistance will be vain, the coming destruction cannot be averted. And this judgment is to be executed in the Ammonites' own country: they are to be destroyed at home.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 30.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Shall I cause it</span>, etc.? The question of the Authorized Version suggests a negative answer, as though the speaker were Jehovah, and the sheath that of his sword. The Revised Version, which translates it, with Keil, the LXX., and the Vulgate, as an imperative, deals with it as addressed to the Ammonites. They am told to sheath their sword; it would be of no avail against the sharp, glittering weapon of Jehovah. Their judgment would soon come on them in their own land, not, as in the case of Judah, in the form of exile (comp. <a href="/ezekiel/25-1.htm">Ezekiel 25:1-8</a> as an expansion of the prophet's thought). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Return [the sword]</span><br /><span class="heb">הָשַׁ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(hā·šaḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7725.htm">Strong's 7725: </a> </span><span class="str2">To turn back, in, to retreat, again</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">its sheath!</span><br /><span class="heb">תַּעְרָ֑הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ta‘·rāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8593.htm">Strong's 8593: </a> </span><span class="str2">A knife, razor, a scabbard</span><br /><br /><span class="word">In the place</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּמְק֧וֹם</span> <span class="translit">(bim·qō·wm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4725.htm">Strong's 4725: </a> </span><span class="str2">A standing, a spot, a condition</span><br /><br /><span class="word">where</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁר־</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you were created,</span><br /><span class="heb">נִבְרֵ֛את</span> <span class="translit">(niḇ·rêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Nifal - Perfect - second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1254.htm">Strong's 1254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To create, to cut down, select, feed</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the land</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֶ֥רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’e·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of your origin,</span><br /><span class="heb">מְכֻרוֹתַ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·ḵu·rō·w·ṯa·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4351.htm">Strong's 4351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Origin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will judge</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶשְׁפֹּ֥ט</span> <span class="translit">(’eš·pōṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8199.htm">Strong's 8199: </a> </span><span class="str2">To judge, pronounce sentence, to vindicate, punish, to govern, to litigate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you.</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹתָֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯāḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/21-30.htm">Ezekiel 21:30 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/21-30.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 21:30 Cause it to return into its sheath (Ezek. Eze Ezk) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/ezekiel/21-29.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Ezekiel 21:29"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 21:29" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Ezekiel 21:31"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Ezekiel 21:31" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>