Ezekiel 21:13
For there is testing. And what if even the rod that despises will be no more? Declares the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel 21:10
'It is sharpened to make a slaughter and polished to flash like lightning! Shall we rejoice in the rod of my son despising every tree?''
Job 9:23
If the scourge slays suddenly, God laughs at the plight of the innocent.
Ezekiel 21:25
You dishonest and wicked prince of Israel, the time for your final punishment has come.
2 Corinthians 8:2
Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches 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.
Because, etc
Contemn
It shall
Bible References
Because, etc
Job 9:23
If the scourge slays suddenly, God laughs at the plight of the innocent.
2 Corinthians 8:2
Out of severe affliction they have an abundance of joy and their deep poverty abounds in the riches of their generosity.
Contemn
Ezekiel 21:10
'It is sharpened to make a slaughter and polished to flash like lightning! Shall we rejoice in the rod of my son despising every tree?''
It shall
Ezekiel 21:27
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin! Yes, I will make the city a ruin. But this will not happen until the one comes whom I have chosen and who has the legal right to punish the city. To him I will give it.