Ezekiel 14:17

“Or [if] I bring a sword upon that land, &c.] The land which had grievously sinned; the same land into which a famine should come, and through which evil beasts should pass; to which, if the Lord should add, as he would, a third judgment, the sword; suffer a foreign enemy to come in among them, and destroy them. So the Targum, “or if those that slay with the sword I should bring upon that land;” the Chaldean army, as he did; the sword has its commission from God; war is not by chance; the invasion of a foreign enemy is from the Lord; and all the mischiefs and ravages of a tumultuous army are all by divine order: and say, sword, go through the land; not only enter the borders of it, or proceed…”

“Jeremiah 14:0; Jeremiah 15:0 is a remarkable parallel to this prophecy. Here, as elsewhere, Ezekiel is commissioned to deliver to the exiles the same message which Jeremiah conveys to the inhabitants of Judaea. The answer discovers the nature of the questions which had been expressed or implied. (1) Can God cast out a people who are holy unto Himself? (2) Is it just to punish them with utter desolation? The prophet answers: (1) That when a people is so corrupt as to call down national judgment, individual piety shall save none but the individuals themselves. (2) The corrupt condition of the people shall be made so manifest, that none will question the justice of God in dealing thus severely…”

“That land - What land soever it be. Ezekiel 14:19”

“I bring: Eze 5:12, Eze 5:17, Eze 21:3, Eze 21:4, Eze 21:9-15, Eze 29:8, Eze 38:21, Eze 38:22; Lev 26:25; Jer 25:9, Jer 47:6 so that: Eze 14:13, Eze 25:13; Jer 33:12; Hos 4:3; Zep 1:3 Ezekiel 14:18”