13 For it is a trial, [a]and what shall this be, if the sword contemn even the rod? It shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy and smite [b]hand to hand, and let the sword be doubled: let the sword that hath killed, return the third time: it is the sword of the great slaughter entering into their privy chambers.

15 I have brought the fear of the sword into all their gates to make their heart to faint, and to multiply their ruins. Ah, it is made bright, and it is dressed for the slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:13 Ezekiel moved with compassion, thus complaineth, fearing the destruction of the kingdom which God had confirmed to David and his posterity by promise, which promise God performed, although here it seemed to man’s eye that it should utterly perish.
  2. Ezekiel 21:14 That is, encourage the sword.

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