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21 Then this message came to me from the Lord:

“Son of dust, face toward Jerusalem and prophesy against Israel and against my Temple![a] For the Lord says: ‘I am against you, Israel. I will unsheath my sword and destroy your people, good and bad alike—

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  1. Ezekiel 21:2 against my Temple, literally, “against the sanctuaries.”

Babylon as God’s Sword of Judgment

21 [a]The word of the Lord came to me:(A) “Son of man, set your face against(B) Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary.(C) Prophesy against(D) the land of Israel and say to her: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you.(E) I will draw my sword(F) from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.(G)

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  1. Ezekiel 21:1 In Hebrew texts 21:1-32 is numbered 21:6-37.