Ezekiel 21:13

King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 21:10 : 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.
  • Ezek 21:25 : 25 And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
  • 2 Cor 8:2 : 2 How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.
  • Job 9:23 : 23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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  • Ezek 21:8-12
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    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 howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.

  • 8 Ye have feared the sword; and I will bring a sword upon you, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 29 Be ye afraid of the sword: for wrath bringeth the punishments of the sword, that ye may know there is a judgment.

  • Ezek 21:3-6
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    3 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of his sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.

    4 Seeing then that I will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of his sheath against all flesh from the south to the north:

    5 That all flesh may know that I the LORD have drawn forth my sword out of his sheath: it shall not return any more.

    6 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

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    14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.

    15 I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that their heart may faint, and their ruins be multiplied: ah! it is made bright, it is wrapped up for the slaughter.

  • 17 Or if I bring a sword upon that land, and say, Sword, go through the land; so that I cut off man and beast from it:

  • 28 And thou, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; even say thou, The sword, the sword is drawn: for the slaughter it is furbished, to consume because of the glittering:

  • 11 For thus saith the Lord GOD; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

  • 13 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! behold, the prophets say unto them, Ye shall not see the sword, neither shall ye have famine; but I will give you assured peace in this place.

  • 15 Shall the axe boast itself against him that heweth therewith? or shall the saw magnify itself against him that shaketh it? as if the rod should shake itself against them that lift it up, or as if the staff should lift up itself, as if it were no wood.

  • 8 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.

  • 20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye shall be devoured with the sword: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it.

  • 12 Thus saith the LORD; Though they be quiet, and likewise many, yet thus shall they be cut down, when he shall pass through. Though I have afflicted thee, I will afflict thee no more.

  • 18 The word of the LORD came unto me again, saying,

  • 14 Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the LORD have spoken it, and will do it.

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    30 Shall I cause it to return into his sheath? I will judge thee in the place where thou wast created, in the land of thy nativity.

    31 And I will pour out mine indignation upon thee, I will blow against thee in the fire of my wrath, and deliver thee into the hand of brutish men, and skilful to destroy.

  • 21 For thus saith the Lord GOD; How much more when I send my four sore judgments upon Jerusalem, the sword, and the famine, and the noisome beast, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and beast?

  • 10 Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 11 Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness: none of them shall remain, nor of their multitude, nor of any of theirs: neither shall there be wailing for them.

  • 6 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.

  • 31 For through the voice of the LORD shall the Assyrian be beaten down, which smote with a rod.

  • 21 And I will call for a sword against him throughout all my mountains, saith the Lord GOD: every man's sword shall be against his brother.

  • Ezek 33:1-2
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    1 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

    2 Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:

  • 27 The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.

  • 21 And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 1 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 6 The LORD repented for this: This also shall not be, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 15 Also the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 10 All the sinners of my people shall die by the sword, which say, The evil shall not overtake nor prevent us.

  • 5 The LORD hath broken the staff of the wicked, and the sceptre of the rulers.

  • 31 Therefore have I poured out mine indignation upon them; I have consumed them with the fire of my wrath: their own way have I recompensed upon their heads, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 31 A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.

  • 11 Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

  • 9 Wilt thou yet say before him that slayeth thee, I am God? but thou shalt be a man, and no God, in the hand of him that slayeth thee.

  • 11 Thus saith the Lord GOD; Smite with thine hand, and stamp with thy foot, and say, Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! for they shall fall by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence.

  • 25 For yet a very little while, and the indignation shall cease, and mine anger in their destruction.

  • 4 And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.

  • 10 So that they shall take no wood out of the field, neither cut down any out of the forests; for they shall burn the weapons with fire: and they shall spoil those that spoiled them, and rob those that robbed them, saith the Lord GOD.

  • 17 Moreover the word of the LORD came to me, saying,