Ezekiel 21:17

I too will strike My hands together, and I will satisfy My wrath.’ I, the LORD, have spoken.”

Berean Standard Bible

Study note

Setting — The LORD addresses Ezekiel immediately after commanding him to direct the sword right or left.

The words — The Hebrew אַכֶּה כַפִּי אֶל כַּפִּי ('a.keh kha.Pi 'el ka.Pi) literally renders “I will strike my palm to my palm,” while וַהֲנִחֹתִי חֲמָתִי (va.ha.ni.cho.Ti cha.ma.Ti) means “and I will give rest to my rage.”

The thread — The text explicitly links this declaration to Ezekiel 21:14, where the LORD commands the prophet to strike his hands together, and to Ezekiel 22:13, where the LORD strikes His palm against unjust gain and shed blood.

Why it lands — The passage states that divine judgment will be executed and then cease, requiring the reader to recognize that God’s wrath is a measured action with a defined end.

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The Hebrew words

וְגַם־ve./gam-and/ also אֲנִ֗י'a.NiI אַכֶּ֤ה'a.KehI will strike כַפִּי֙kha.P/ipalm/ my אֶל־'el-to כַּפִּ֔יka.P/ipalm/ my וַהֲנִחֹתִ֖יva./ha.ni.cho.Tiand/ I will give rest to חֲמָתִ֑יcha.ma.T/irage/ my אֲנִ֥י'a.NiI יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahweh דִּבַּֽרְתִּי׃ פdi.Bar.tiI have spoken

King James Version

I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.

Cross-references

Ezekiel 5:13 And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
Ezekiel 21:14 ‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
Ezekiel 22:13 Now look, I strike My hands together against your unjust gain and against the blood you have shed in your midst.
Zechariah 6:8 Then the LORD summoned me and said, “Behold, those going to the land of the north have given rest to My Spirit in the land of the north.”
Numbers 24:10 Then Balak’s anger burned against Balaam, and he struck his hands together and said to Balaam, “I summoned you to curse my enemies, but behold, you have persisted in blessing them these three times.
Deuteronomy 28:63 Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
Isaiah 1:24 Therefore the Lord GOD of Hosts, the Mighty One of Israel, declares: “Ah, I will be relieved of My foes and avenge Myself on My enemies.
Ezekiel 16:42 So I will lay to rest My wrath against you, and My jealousy will turn away from you. Then I will be calm and no longer angry.