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I will hand you over to cruel men who are skilled in destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/21.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver you into the hands of brutish men, skillful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/21.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/21.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, <i>and</i> skilful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/21.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow against you with the fire of My wrath, And deliver you into the hands of brutal men <i>who are</i> skillful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/21.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will hand you over to brutal men, craftsmen of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/21.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/21.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘And I shall pour out My indignation on you; I shall blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I shall give you into the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/21.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />And I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of My fury, and I will give you into the hand of brutal men, craftsmen of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/21.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out My indignation on you [sons of Ammon]; I will blow on you with the fire of My wrath, and I will place you in the hand of brutal men, skilled in destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/21.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow the fire of my fury on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled at destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/21.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out My indignation on you; I will blow the fire of My fury on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, skilled at destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/21.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/21.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />My furious anger will scorch you like fire, and I will hand you over to cruel men who are experts in killing. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/21.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee; I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath: and I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, skilful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/21.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will pour out my fury on you and breathe on you with my fiery anger. I will hand you over to cruel people who are skilled in destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/21.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will feel my anger when I turn it loose on you like a blazing fire. And I will hand you over to brutal men, experts at destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/21.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'm going to pour out my indignation all over you. I'll blow my fierce wrath against you and deliver you into the control of brutal men who are skilled at destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/21.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/21.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out my anger on you; the fire of my fury I will blow on you. I will hand you over to brutal men, who are skilled in destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/21.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out my indignation on you; I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath; and I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/21.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And I will pour out my indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/21.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out my indignation on you. I will blow on you with the fire of my wrath. I will deliver you into the hand of brutish men, skillful to destroy. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/21.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And I have poured My indignation on you, "" I blow against you with [the] fire of My wrath, "" And have given you into the hand of brutish men—craftsmen of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/21.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And I have poured on thee Mine indignation, With fire of My wrath I blow against thee, And have given thee into the hand of brutish men -- artificers of destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/21.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />I poured out my wrath upon thee; in fire I made mine anger to pass over thee, and I gave thee into the hand of brutish men, machinating destruction.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/21.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And I will pour out upon thee my indignation: in the fire of my rage will I blow upon thee, and will give thee into the hands of men that are brutish and contrive thy destruction. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/21.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And I will pour out upon you my indignation. In the fire of my fury, I will fan you, and I will give you over to the hands of cruel men, who have devised destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/21.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I will pour out my anger upon you, breathing my fiery wrath against you; I will hand you over to ravagers, artisans of destruction! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/21.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I will pour out my indignation upon you, with the fire of my wrath I will blow upon you. I will deliver you into brutish hands, those skillful to destroy.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/21.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And I will pour out my indignation upon you; I will blow against you with the fire of my wrath, and will deliver you into the hand of men brutish and skilful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/21.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And I shall pour upon you my passion, and in the fire of my anger I shall blow on you, and I shall deliver you into the hand of cruel men that work destruction<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/21.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And I will pour out My indignation upon thee, I will blow upon thee with the fire of My wrath; And I will deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, Skilful to destroy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/21.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And I will pour out my wrath upon thee, I will blow upon thee with the fire of my wrath, and I will deliver thee into the hands of barbarians skilled in working destruction.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/21-31.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=5973" 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">30</span>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="reftext">31</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/8210.htm" title="8210: wə·šā·p̄aḵ·tî (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs) -- To pour out, pour. A primitive root; to spill forth; also to expend; intensively, to sprawl out.">I will pour out</a> <a href="/hebrew/2195.htm" title="2195: za‘·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Indignation. From za'am; strictly froth at the mouth, i.e. fury.">My anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·la·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">upon you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/6315.htm" title="6315: ’ā·p̄î·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- To breathe, blow. A primitive root; to puff, i.e. Blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff.">I will breathe</a> <a href="/hebrew/784.htm" title="784: bə·’êš (Prep-b:: N-csc) -- A fire. A primitive word; fire.">the fire</a> <a href="/hebrew/5678.htm" title="5678: ‘eḇ·rā·ṯî (N-fsc:: 1cs) -- Overflow, arrogance, fury. Feminine of eber; an outburst of passion.">of My fury</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lā·yiḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">against you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: ū·nə·ṯat·tîḵ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-1cs:: 2fs2) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">I will hand you over to</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: bə·yaḏ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)"></a> <a href="/hebrew/1197.htm" title="1197: bō·‘ă·rîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To kindle, consume, to be, brutish. A primitive root; to kindle, i.e. Consume; also to be(-come) brutish.">brutal</a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: ’ă·nā·šîm (N-mp) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">men,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2796.htm" title="2796: ḥā·rā·šê (N-mpc) -- Engraver, artificer. From charash; a fabricator or any material.">skilled</a> <a href="/hebrew/4889.htm" title="4889: maš·ḥîṯ (N-ms) -- Ruin, destruction. From shachath; destructive, i.e. destruction, literally or figuratively.">in destruction.</a> </span><span class="reftext">32</span>You will be fuel for the fire. Your blood will stain your own land. You will not be remembered, for I, the LORD, have spoken.’ ”…<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="/jeremiah/21-5.htm">Jeremiah 21:5-7</a></span><br />And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath. / I will strike down the residents of this city, both man and beast. They will die in a terrible plague.’ / ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-30.htm">Isaiah 30:30-33</a></span><br />And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones. / For Assyria will be shattered at the voice of the LORD; He will strike them with His scepter. / And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/1-6.htm">Nahum 1:6</a></span><br />Who can withstand His indignation? Who can endure His burning anger? His wrath is poured out like fire; even rocks are shattered before Him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/4-11.htm">Jeremiah 4:11-12</a></span><br />At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A searing wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward the daughter of My people, but not to winnow or to sift; / a wind too strong for that comes from Me. Now I also pronounce judgments against them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/66-15.htm">Isaiah 66:15-16</a></span><br />For behold, the LORD will come with fire—His chariots are like a whirlwind—to execute His anger with fury and His rebuke with flames of fire. / 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="/lamentations/2-4.htm">Lamentations 2:4</a></span><br />He has bent His bow like an enemy; His right hand is positioned. Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; He has poured out His wrath like fire on the tent of the Daughter of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-19.htm">Jeremiah 23:19-20</a></span><br />Behold, the storm of the LORD has gone out with fury, a whirlwind swirling down upon the heads of the wicked. / The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-9.htm">Isaiah 13:9-13</a></span><br />Behold, the Day of the LORD is coming—cruel, with fury and burning anger—to make the earth a desolation and to destroy the sinners within it. / For the stars of heaven and their constellations will not give their light. The rising sun will be darkened, and the moon will not give its light. / I will punish the world for its evil and the wicked for their iniquity. I will end the haughtiness of the arrogant and lay low the pride of the ruthless. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/25-15.htm">Jeremiah 25:15-16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it. / And they will drink and stagger and go out of their minds, because of the sword that I will send among them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/34-2.htm">Isaiah 34:2-3</a></span><br />The LORD is angry with all the nations and furious with all their armies. He will devote them to destruction; He will give them over to slaughter. / Their slain will be left unburied, and the stench of their corpses will rise; the mountains will flow with their blood.<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="/hebrews/10-27.htm">Hebrews 10:27</a></span><br />but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_thessalonians/1-7.htm">2 Thessalonians 1:7-9</a></span><br />and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels / in blazing fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. / They will suffer the penalty of eternal destruction, separated from the presence of the Lord and the glory of His might,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/14-10.htm">Revelation 14:10-11</a></span><br />he too will drink the wine of God’s anger, poured undiluted into the cup of His wrath. And he will be tormented in fire and sulfur in the presence of the holy angels and of the Lamb. / And the smoke of their torment rises forever and ever. Day and night there is no rest for those who worship the beast and its image, or for anyone who receives the mark of its name.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-42</a></span><br />The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And I will pour out my indignation on you, I will blow against you in the fire of my wrath, and deliver you into the hand of brutish men, and skillful to destroy.</p><p class="hdg">pour</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/7-8.htm">Ezekiel 7:8</a></b></br> Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/14-19.htm">Ezekiel 14:19</a></b></br> Or <i>if</i> I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm">Ezekiel 22:22</a></b></br> As silver is melted in the midst of the furnace, so shall ye be melted in the midst thereof; and ye shall know that I the LORD have poured out my fury upon you.</p><p class="hdg">I will blow</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Ezekiel 22:20,21</a></b></br> <i>As</i> they gather silver, and brass, and iron, and lead, and tin, into the midst of the furnace, to blow the fire upon it, to melt <i>it</i>; so will I gather <i>you</i> in mine anger and in my fury, and I will leave <i>you there</i>, and melt you… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/18-15.htm">Psalm 18:15</a></b></br> Then the channels of waters were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered at thy rebuke, O LORD, at the blast of the breath of thy nostrils.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/30-33.htm">Isaiah 30:33</a></b></br> For Tophet <i>is</i> ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made <i>it</i> deep <i>and</i> large: the pile thereof <i>is</i> fire and much wood; the breath of the LORD, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.</p><p class="hdg">brutish.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/14-4.htm">Isaiah 14:4-6</a></b></br> That thou shalt take up this proverb against the king of Babylon, and say, How hath the oppressor ceased! the golden city ceased! … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/4-7.htm">Jeremiah 4:7</a></b></br> The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; <i>and</i> thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-22.htm">Jeremiah 6:22,23</a></b></br> Thus saith the LORD, Behold, a people cometh from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the sides of the earth… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-3.htm">Artificers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-21.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-14.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/songs/4-16.htm">Breathe</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-3.htm">Brutal</a> <a href="/jeremiah/51-17.htm">Brutish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-34.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-20.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-26.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-17.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-6.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-24.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-6.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-35.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-38.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Skilful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-9.htm">Skilled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Skillful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-23.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-17.htm">Wrath</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/hosea/13-2.htm">Artificers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-14.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Blow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-9.htm">Breathe</a> <a href="/2_timothy/3-3.htm">Brutal</a> <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Brutish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/24-9.htm">Burning</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-28.htm">Deliver</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-27.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Fiery</a> <a href="/ezekiel/21-32.htm">Fire</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-24.htm">Indignation</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-22.htm">Loose</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-20.htm">Passion</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-31.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Skilful</a> <a href="/ezekiel/27-8.htm">Skilled</a> <a href="/daniel/1-4.htm">Skillful</a> <a href="/daniel/1-5.htm">Trained</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-13.htm">Wrath</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>I will pour out My anger upon you;</b><br>This phrase indicates God's intense displeasure and judgment. In the context of Ezekiel, God is addressing the nation of Israel, particularly Jerusalem, for their persistent idolatry and rebellion against Him. The imagery of pouring out suggests an overwhelming and inescapable judgment, similar to the flood in <a href="/genesis/6.htm">Genesis 6-9</a>, where God's wrath was poured out on a sinful world. This phrase also echoes the covenant curses found in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to divine retribution. Theologically, it underscores God's holiness and justice, as He cannot tolerate sin indefinitely.<p><b>I will breathe the fire of My fury against you;</b><br>The metaphor of fire represents purification and destruction. In biblical literature, fire often symbolizes God's presence and judgment, as seen in the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19) and the consuming fire on Mount Sinai (<a href="/exodus/19-18.htm">Exodus 19:18</a>). The act of breathing fire suggests a direct and personal action from God, emphasizing His active role in executing judgment. This phrase can be connected to the New Testament, where fire is also associated with judgment and purification (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-13.htm">1 Corinthians 3:13</a>, <a href="/revelation/20-9.htm">Revelation 20:9</a>). It highlights the seriousness of God's wrath and the certainty of His judgment against sin.<p><b>I will hand you over to brutal men,</b><br>This part of the verse indicates that God will use human agents to execute His judgment. Historically, this refers to the Babylonians, known for their military prowess and brutality, who would conquer Jerusalem and lead its people into exile. Theologically, it demonstrates God's sovereignty over nations and His ability to use even pagan powers to fulfill His purposes, as seen in <a href="/isaiah/10-5.htm">Isaiah 10:5-6</a>, where Assyria is described as the rod of God's anger. This handing over is a form of divine discipline, intended to bring about repentance and restoration.<p><b>skilled in destruction.</b><br>The Babylonians were renowned for their military strategy and effectiveness in warfare, making them a fitting instrument of God's judgment. This phrase emphasizes the thoroughness and inevitability of the coming destruction. It serves as a warning of the consequences of persistent sin and rebellion against God. In a broader biblical context, it reflects the theme of divine retribution found throughout Scripture, where God uses various means to bring about justice and uphold His righteousness. This destruction, while severe, is ultimately aimed at leading the people back to a right relationship with God.<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 the Israelites.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/g/god.htm">God</a></b><br>The speaker in this verse, expressing His righteous anger and judgment against sin and rebellion.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The primary audience of Ezekiel's prophecies, facing judgment due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylon.htm">Babylon</a></b><br>The empire that God uses as an instrument of His judgment against Israel, known for its military might and brutality.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/b/brutal_men.htm">Brutal Men</a></b><br>Refers to the Babylonians, described as skilled in destruction, who will execute God's judgment on Israel.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_indignation.htm">God's Righteous Indignation</a></b><br>God's wrath is not arbitrary but a response to persistent sin and rebellion. Understanding His holiness helps us grasp the seriousness of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/divine_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">Divine Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>God uses nations and events to accomplish His purposes, reminding us of His ultimate control over history.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Israel's experience serves as a warning about the severe consequences of turning away from God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_repentance.htm">Hope in Repentance</a></b><br>While this passage focuses on judgment, the broader context of Ezekiel includes calls to repentance and the promise of restoration for those who turn back to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets.htm">The Role of Prophets</a></b><br>Ezekiel's role as a messenger of God's word underscores the importance of listening to and heeding God's warnings through His appointed servants.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/21.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(31) <span class= "bld">Mine indignation.</span>--The figure of the sword, which has been kept up through the entire chapter, is here dropped; but the language immediately falls into another figure, already employed in <a href="/ezekiel/20-47.htm" title="And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of the LORD; Thus said the Lord GOD; Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree: the flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burned therein.">Ezekiel 20:47</a>, "I will blow against thee in" (rather, <span class= "ital">with</span>) "the fire of my wrath." (Comp. the same expression in <a href="/ezekiel/22-21.htm" title="Yes, I will gather you, and blow on you in the fire of my wrath, and you shall be melted in the middle therof.">Ezekiel 22:21</a>.) The image is that of the consuming fire of God's wrath blown by His power against Ammon, as fire is turned by the wind upon a forest to its destruction. (Comp. <a href="/isaiah/54-16.htm" title="Behold, I have created the smith that blows the coals in the fire, and that brings forth an instrument for his work; and I have created the waster to destroy.">Isaiah 54:16</a>.) The word "brutish" of the text in the last clause is better than the "burning" of the margin.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/21.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 31.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">I will blow against,</span> etc. The imagery of fire takes the place of that of the sword. <span class="cmt_word">The brutish men</span> (same word as in <a href="/psalms/49-10.htm">Psalm 49:10</a>; <a href="/psalms/92-6.htm">Psalm 92:6</a>) are the Chaldean conquerors. The fact that the adjective may also mean "those that burn" may, in part, have determined Ezekiel's choice of it. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/21-31.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">I will pour out</span><br /><span class="heb">וְשָׁפַכְתִּ֤י</span> <span class="translit">(wə·šā·p̄aḵ·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8210.htm">Strong's 8210: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">My anger</span><br /><span class="heb">זַעְמִ֔י</span> <span class="translit">(za‘·mî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2195.htm">Strong's 2195: </a> </span><span class="str2">Froth at the mouth, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">upon you;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלַ֙יִךְ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will breath</span><br /><span class="heb">אָפִ֣יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·p̄î·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6315.htm">Strong's 6315: </a> </span><span class="str2">To puff, blow with the breath, air, to fan, to utter, to kindle, to scoff</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the fire</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאֵ֥שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’êš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_784.htm">Strong's 784: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fire</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of My fury</span><br /><span class="heb">עֶבְרָתִ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(‘eḇ·rā·ṯî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5678.htm">Strong's 5678: </a> </span><span class="str2">Overflow, arrogance, fury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">against you;</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will hand you over to</span><br /><span class="heb">וּנְתַתִּ֗יךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·nə·ṯat·tîḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">brutal</span><br /><span class="heb">בֹּֽעֲרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(bō·‘ă·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1197.htm">Strong's 1197: </a> </span><span class="str2">To kindle, consume, to be, brutish</span><br /><br /><span class="word">men,</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנָשִׁ֣ים</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nā·šîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">skilled</span><br /><span class="heb">חָרָשֵׁ֖י</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·rā·šê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2796.htm">Strong's 2796: </a> </span><span class="str2">A fabricator, any material</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in destruction.</span><br /><span class="heb">מַשְׁחִֽית׃</span> <span class="translit">(maš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4889.htm">Strong's 4889: </a> </span><span class="str2">Destructive, destruction</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/21-31.htm">Ezekiel 21:31 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/21-31.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 21:31 I will pour out my indignation (Ezek. 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