KJVBecause it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
Because it is a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
For the trial [is made]; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no [more]? saith the Lord Jehovah.
Ezekiel — Hebrew Scriptures (Old Testament).
E Z E K I E L. CHAP. XXI. In this chapter we have, I. An explication of the prophecy in the close of the foregoing chapter concerning the fire in the forest, which the people complained they could not understand ( ver. 1-5 ), with directions to the prophet…