Reference

Ezekiel 14:21

For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?
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Or if I send a pestilence into that land, and pour out my fury upon it in blood, to cut off from it man and beast:

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Though Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither son nor daughter; they shall but deliver their own souls by their righteousness.

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For thus saith the Lord God; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

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Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters: behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, even concerning all that I have brought upon it.

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And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings: and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord God.

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Destruction / Perishing Language
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Destruction / Perishing Language

The verse explicitly states God will "cut off" man and beast, which is a direct match for the "cut off" language in the theme definition.

Annihilation / Destruction

There is no argument that this verse does not support the theme of "Annihilation / Destruction" as it explicitly states the intent to "cut off from it man and beast" through various destructive judgments.

Literal Fulfillment

While the judgments are described in concrete terms, the phrase "how much more" could imply a rhetorical intensification rather than a strictly literal, one-to-one correspondence of each judgment's severity in every instance.

Punishment Language

The verse describes a consequence of actions rather than explicitly using "punishment language," focusing on the destructive effects of the "sore judgments" rather than the divine intent of retribution.

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes God's intended actions and judgments, not the method by which this information was communicated to Ezekiel. It states what God will do, not how Ezekiel received this prophecy.