Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword on that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off from it man and animal;
The setting
Tel Abib, Iraq ~593 BC. Ezekiel sees visions of sword judgment while exiles still hope Jerusalem will survive the Babylonian siege...
The emotion here: anguished at having to pronounce destruction
The original word
ḥereb (חרב) — sword, but also drought, famine, the cutting edge of destruction
Why it matters
Nebuchadnezzar's army used iron weapons against Jerusalem's bronze defenses - technological superiority
Read with care
What most readers miss in Ezekiel 14:17
God personifies the sword - it has its own mission and will not return empty
Common misconceptionPeople think this is about random violence, but it's about God using even warfare as His instrument of justice when all other warnings fail.
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Bible Genome reading
Ezekiel 14:17 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Ezekiel 14:17 comes from the book of Ezekiel, written during the Exile period. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 10% and a tone that is commanding. It belongs to the teaching genre of biblical literature. Key themes include warfare, destruction. Notable phrases: bring a sword; sword, go through the land; cut off man and animal. This verse contains prophecy.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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