John Gill's Exposition on Ezekiel 21:11

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And he hath given it to be furbished, that it might be handled, &c.] Either Nebuchadnezzar, or rather God, or the Son of God, prepared and brightened the sword, that it might be handled and made use of, either by the Chaldeans or Romans, to the destruction of the Jews. The Targum is, “he gave their vengeance to be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” The sword is sharpened and furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer; either the king of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar; or the Roman emperor, Titus Vespasian.

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