Ezekiel 21:13

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In The King James Version

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

In Context

12Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.

14So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.

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Cross References

Job 9:23If death comes suddenly through disease, he makes sport of the fate of those who have done no wrong.

Ezekiel 21:25And you, O evil one, wounded to death, O ruler of Israel, whose day has come in the time of the last punishment;

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 21:9-18

Judgments Predicted. ( b. c. 592.) 8 Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying, 9 Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord ; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished: 10 It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree. 11 And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled: this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer. 12 Cry and… Read the whole commentary →

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