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Ezekiel 21:13
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Ezekiel 21:13 · Bible in Basic English
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Ezekiel 21:13 in other translations
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.
Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.
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In context
10 It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame:...
11 And I have given it to the polisher so that it may be taken in the hand: he has made the sword sharp, he has had it polished, to put it into the hand of him who gives death.
12 Give loud cries and make sounds of grief, O son of man: for it has come on my people, it has come on all the rulers of Israel: fear of the sword has come on my people: for this cause give signs of grief.
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14 So then, son of man, be a prophet, and put your hands together with a loud sound, and give two blows with the sword, and even three; it is the sword of those who are wounded, even the sword of the wounded; the great sword which goes round about them.
15 In order that hearts may become soft, and the number of those who are falling may be increased, I have sent death by the sword against all their doors: you are made like a flame, you are polished for death.
16 Be pointed to the right, to the left, wherever your edge is ordered.
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