Reference

Ezekiel 17:21

And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.
19

Therefore thus saith the Lord God; As I live, surely mine oath that he hath despised, and my covenant that he hath broken, even it will I recompense upon his own head.

20

And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

21

And all his fugitives with all his bands shall fall by the sword, and they that remain shall be scattered toward all winds: and ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

22

Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one, and will plant it upon an high mountain and eminent:

23

In the mountain of the height of Israel will I plant it: and it shall bring forth boughs, and bear fruit, and be a goodly cedar: and under it shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell.

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Literal Fulfillment
Semantic Discovery
90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Destruction / Perishing Language
Semantic Discovery
90% relevance

This verse was identified through meaning similarity — its content is mathematically close to known verses in this theme, even without sharing the same vocabulary.

Counter-Arguments

The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.

Literal Fulfillment

The scattering "toward all winds" could be interpreted as a hyperbolic or metaphorical expression for widespread dispersion rather than a strictly literal, geographically precise scattering.

Destruction / Perishing Language

While the verse describes negative outcomes like falling by the sword and scattering, it does not explicitly use the specific "destruction/perishing" language listed in the theme definition, such as "destroy," "perish," "consume," or "blot out."

Prophetic Methods of Communication

The verse describes future events and concludes with a statement of divine authority ("ye shall know that I the Lord have spoken it"), but it does not describe *how* this message was communicated to Ezekiel or any other prophet.