Ezekiel 21:1 The word of the Lord came to me: 2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel 3 and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you and will draw my sword from its sheath and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked. 4 Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from south to north. 5 And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
This prophesy was given about a year before the fall of Jerusalem. God is the swordsman. His sword, His weapon of judgment in this case was Babylon. It was one last warning when the king of Babylon sent his troops to settle unrest in the region. Sadly, both righteous and wicked would be killed and exiled from the land. The Babylonians would just complete this last surrounding of the city and then come back to finish their complete destruction. It's like they say with a gun in the holster: don't pull it out unless you intend to use it.
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