Ezekiel 21:13

For there is a trial, and what if even the rod that scorns shall be no more? says lord LORD.

Ezekiel 21:10

It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Shall we then make mirth? It scorns the scepter of my son, every tree.

Job 9:23

If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

Ezekiel 21:25

And thou, O deadly wounded wicked man, the ruler of Israel, whose day has come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

2 Corinthians 8:2

that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity,

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Summary

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

Contemn

It shall

Bible References

Because, etc

Job 9:23
If the scourge kills suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy, even from the depth of their poverty, abounded for the wealth of their generosity,

Contemn

Ezekiel 21:10
It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Shall we then make mirth? It scorns the scepter of my son, every tree.

It shall

Ezekiel 21:27
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it. This also shall be no more, until he comes whose right it is. And I will give it.