Ezekiel 21:10

that you may kill victims; be sharpened that you may be bright, ready for slaughter, kill, set at nothing, despise every tree.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9Son of man, prophesy, and you shall say, Thus says the Lord; Say, Sword, sword, be sharpened and rage,

11And he made it ready for his hand to hold: the sword is sharpened, it is ready to put into the hand of the slayer.

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Cross References

Esther 3:15And the business was hastened, and that at Susa: and the king and Aman began to drink; but the city was troubled.

Psalms 110:5He has given food to them that fear him: he will remember his covenant for ever. 1

Isaiah 5:12For they drink wine with harp, and lute, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.

Isaiah 34:5My sword has been made drunk in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and with judgment upon the people doomed to destruction.

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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