Verse 13

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

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.