Ezekiel 21:13

For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

Ezekiel 21:10

it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.

Job 9:23

If the scourge slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.

Ezekiel 21:25

And thou, O deadly wounded wicked one, the prince of Israel, whose day is come, in the time of the iniquity of the end,

2 Corinthians 8:2

how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

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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 slay suddenly, He will mock at the trial of the innocent.
2 Corinthians 8:2
how that in much proof of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

Contemn

Ezekiel 21:10
it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.

It shall

Ezekiel 21:27
I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him .

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