XXI.
This chapter consists of three distinct but closely-connected prophecies, which together may be called the prophecy of the sword. The first, Ezekiel 21:2-7, re-states, in comparatively plain language, the enigmatical denunciation of the last verses of Ezekiel 20; the second, Ezekiel 21:8-17, substantially repeats and emphasises the first; while the third, Ezekiel 21:18-27, goes again over the same ground, with more of circumstance and detail, closing (Ezekiel 21:28-32) with a prophecy against the Ammonites.