Ezekiel 21:14

Let the sword be doubled the third time - The sword has been doubled, and it shall come the third time. Nebuchadnezzar came against Judea Thrice.

1. Against Jehoiakim.

Against Jeconiah.

Against Zedekiah.

The sword had already been doubled; it is to come now the third time, i.e., against Zedekiah.

The sword of the slain - חללים חרב chereb chalalim , "the sword of the soldiers," of the Chaldeans. So in the next clause, הגדול חלל חרב היא hi chereb chalal haggadol , "it is the sword of that great soldier," that eminent king and conqueror. This is the meaning of the word חלל chalal , that is so ill rendered in almost every place of its occurrence, in our Version. See Dr. Kennicott.