Ezekiel 21:13

Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God.

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner, 1752)

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

12Cry, and howl, O son of man, for this sword is upon my people, it is upon all the princes of Israel, that are fled: they are delivered up to the sword with my people, strike therefore upon thy thigh,

14Thou therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike thy hands together, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled: this is the sword of a great slaughter, that maketh them stand amazed,

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Cross References

Job 9:23If he scourge, let him kill at once, and not laugh at the pains of the innocent.

Ezekiel 21:25But thou profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come that hath been appointed in the time of iniquity: Thou profane, etc... He speaks to king Sedecias, who had broken his oath, and was otherwise a wicked prince.

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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