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.
Because, etc
Contemn
It shall
Bible References
Because, etc
Job 9:23
When the whip kills suddenly, he mocks at [the] despair of [the] innocent.
2 Corinthians 8:2
that with a great ordeal of affliction, the abundance of their joy and the extreme depth of their poverty have overflowed to the wealth of their generosity.
Contemn
Ezekiel 21:10
It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, {polished to flash like lightning}! Or will we rejoice? A rod, my son, [is] despising every tree.
It shall
Ezekiel 21:27
A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it! Also this has not [ever] happened; [it will remain] until the coming of [the one] [to] whom the judgment belongs and I have given it [to him].'