Ezekiel 21:4
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:
Cross-reference
Ezekiel 21:30 commands the sword back to its sheath — reversing the drawn sword of judgment in verse 4.
In Ezekiel 20:47, the exact phrase 'from south to north' describes the fire's reach, mirroring the sword's range here—a direct verbal parallel.
Ezekiel 14:17 describes God bringing a sword to cut off man and beast — the same imagery of divine judgment by sword.
Ezekiel 6:11-14 describes comprehensive judgment by sword, famine, and pestilence, echoing the universal scope of the drawn sword here.
Ezekiel 7:2 announces the end on all four corners of the land, paralleling the 'from south to north' extent of judgment here.
Job 9:22 states God destroys both blameless and wicked — the same indiscriminate judgment echoed here.
Leviticus 26:25 depicts the covenant curse of the sword — the same divine instrument of judgment against all, as here.
Isaiah 34:6 uses the same 'sword of the LORD' imagery — here a sacrificial slaughter, there universal judgment.