Ezekiel 21:13

For there is a trial, but what if the scepter does not last?—this is the Lord Yahweh's declaration. 1

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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

12Call for help and lament, son of man! For that sword has come against my people! It is against all the leaders of Israel. 1 They are thrown against the sword with my people. Therefore, slap your thigh! 1

14Now you, son of man, prophesy and hit your two hands together, for the sword will attack even a third time! 1 A sword for the ones to be slaughtered! It is a sword for the many to be slaughtered, piercing them everywhere! 1

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Cross References

Job 9:23When a whip suddenly kills, 1 he mocks the despair of the innocent. 1

Ezekiel 21:25As for you, profane and wicked ruler of Israel, whose day of punishment has come, and whose time of committing iniquity has ended, 1

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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