Ezekiel 21:13

And what a trial shall this be, when even my scepter shall be reproved? That shall not be, sayeth the LORD God.

Ezekiel 21:10

Sharpened is it for the slaughter, and scoured that it may be bright. O, the destroying staff of my son shall bring down all wood.

Job 9:23

And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.

Ezekiel 21:25

O thou shameful wicked guide of Israel whose day is come, even the time that wickedness shall have an end:

2 Corinthians 8:2

how that the abundance of their rejoicing is, that they are tried with much tribulation. And thereto, though they were exceeding poor, yet have they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
And though he slay suddenly with the scourge, yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent.
2 Corinthians 8:2
how that the abundance of their rejoicing is, that they are tried with much tribulation. And thereto, though they were exceeding poor, yet have they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness.

Contemn

Ezekiel 21:10
Sharpened is it for the slaughter, and scoured that it may be bright. O, the destroying staff of my son shall bring down all wood.

It shall

Ezekiel 21:27
Punish, punish, yea, punish them will I, and destroy them. And that shall not be fulfilled till he come, to whom the judgment belongeth, and to whom I have given it.