Ezekiel 21:13
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 21 connects to 4 cross-references. God commands Ezekiel to sigh with breaking heart and bitter grief as a sign, then to prophesy against the south. The oracle of the sword (drawn three times) announces devastation. The king of Babylon at the crossroads uses divination to …
Other Translations
For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
Because <FI>it is<Fi> a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
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Cross References
If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? …
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the …