Matthew Poole and continuators on Ezekiel 21:4

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous, and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north.

'Tis both my purpose and threat.

To do that by the Chaldaeans in such manner as it shall appear, I did it.

Signified by the green tree, chap. 20. ver. 47.

The dry tree, chap. 20. ver. 47.

Have a Commission, such as I gave Nebuchadnezzar, as large as is necessary for this work.

All the Iews, that dwell in the Land; it may somewhat reflect upon the Nations near about the Iews, as Moab and Ammon.

As it doth certainly denote the whole of the Land of Iudea, it may intimate the rise, and spring of this evil from the South, i. e. Babylon, and its progress Northward.