46 Once the Babylonian king’s sword (vv. 19–20) has carried out its assigned task, the Lord commands it to halt and announces that Babylon itself will also experience his judgment. See L. C. Allen, Ezekiel (), 2:.
47 In the Hebrew text of vv. 30–32 the second person verbal and pronominal forms are feminine singular. This may indicate that the personified Babylonian sword is being addressed. The Hebrew word for “sword” (see v. 28) is feminine. However, it may refer to the Ammonites.

In other versions

Return it to its sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

“ ‘Let the sword return to its sheath.

In the place where you were created,

in the land of your ancestry,

I will judge you.

“ ‘Return it to its sheath!

“ ‘I will judge you

in the place where you were created,

in the land of your origin.

“Now return the sword to its sheath,

for in your own country,

the land of your birth,

I will pass judgment upon you.

Return it to its sheath in the place where you were created. In the land of your origin I will judge you!

Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

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