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.

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
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.