If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the trial of the innocent.
Ezekiel 21:13 - The Scriptures 2009 “For it is a trier, and what if it even despises the rod? Shall it not be?” declares the Master יהוה. Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For this sword has been tested and proved [on others], and what if the rejecting and despising rod or scepter of Judah shall be no more but completely swept away? says the Lord God. American Standard Version (1901) For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah. Common English Bible He’s testing. When even the rod rejects, will it not certainly happen? This is what the LORD God says. Catholic Public Domain Version for it has been tested. And this one, when he will have overthrown the scepter, will not be, says the Lord God. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Because it is tried: and that when it shall overthrow the sceptre, and it shall not be, saith the Lord God. |
If the scourge slays suddenly, He laughs at the trial of the innocent.
For the wrongdoer boasted of his cravings; And the greedy one cursed and despised יהוה.
It is sharpened to make a slaughter, it is polished to flash like lightning!’ Or shall we rejoice? My son, you have despised the rod, every stick!
“Cry and wail, son of man, for it shall be on My people, on all the leaders of Yisra’ĕl. They shall be delivered to the sword together with My people, therefore strike your thigh.
“And you, son of man, prophesy, and strike your hands striking. And let the sword come down twice, thrice, the sword for the slain. It is the sword of the slain, the great one, which surrounds them.
And to you, O profane, wrong one, leader of Yisra’ĕl, whose day has come, in the time of the crookedness of the end,
that in much trial of pressure the overflowing of their joy and their deep poverty overflowed into the riches of their generosity.