Ezekiel 21:13 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 21:13

Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.

KJV

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Because it is a trial - This will be a trial of strength and skill between the Chaldeans and the Jews; and a trial of faith and patience to the righteous. And what if the sword, (Nebuchadnezzar), contemn even the rod? - Overthrow Zedekiah? It will do so; for the regal government of Judea shall be no more. Or, it is tried; that it the sword. Nebuchadnezzar has already shown himself strong and skillful.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Here shall its proud waves be stayed. Note, It is matter of comfort to the people of God, when his judgments are abroad, and they are ready to tremble for fear of them, that, whatever they are to others, to them they are but trials; and, when they are tried, they shall come forth as gold, and the proving of their faith shall be the improving of it.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
בֹ֔חַן	Vo.chan	it has been tested	H974 →
וּמָ֕ה	u.Mah	and what?	H4100 →
אִם־	'im-	if	H518 →
גַּם־	gam-	also	H1571 →
שֵׁ֥בֶט	She.vet	a scepter	H7626 →
מֹאֶ֖סֶת	mo.'E.set	rejecting	H3988 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
יִֽהְיֶ֑ה	yih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
נְאֻ֖ם	ne.'Um	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
אֲדֹנָ֥י	'a.do.Nai	[the] Lord	H136 →
יְהוִֽה׃ פ	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3069 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
2 Corinthians 8:2
In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.
leads to
- James 2:5
  Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
- Proverbs 11:25
  A generous soul will prosper, and he who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.
- 2 Corinthians 6:10
  sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; poor, yet making many rich; having nothing, and yet possessing everything.
- Deuteronomy 15:4
  There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:3–4
  so that none of you would be shaken by these trials. For you know that we are destined for this.
Through
Ezekiel 21:25
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’
leads to
- Ezekiel 35:5
  Because you harbored an ancient hatred and delivered the Israelites over to the sword in the time of their disaster at the final stage of their punishment,
- 2 Chronicles 36:13
  He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
Through
Ezekiel 21:10
it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.
leads to
- Psalms 110:5–6
  The Lord is at Your right hand; He will crush kings in the day of His wrath.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

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Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel