Ezekiel 21:13

The trial is made. And what if even the contemning staff should be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

Noyes Bible

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, son of man! for it cometh upon my people, upon all the princes of Israel. They are given up to the sword with my people. Therefore smite upon thy thigh.

14Thou, therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together! for twice, yea thrice, cometh the sword, a sword of slaughter, a sword of great slaughter, that besetteth them on every side.

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Cross References

Job 9:23When the scourge bringeth sudden destruction, He laugheth at the sufferings of the innocent.

Ezekiel 21:25And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day cometh in the time when iniquity bringeth 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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