Ezekiel 21:16 - Exposition

Go thee one way or another, etc .; i . e . as in the following, to the right hand or the left— to the north or the south. Whichever way the prophet turned ( Ezekiel 20:47 ), he would see nothing but the sword and its work of slaughter. Jehovah had given that command with the gesture of supreme authority. He would not rest till he had appeased his wrath by letting it work itself out even to the end. With these words the "Lay of the Sword of Jehovah" ends, and there is again an interval of silence.