If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
Ezekiel 21:13 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing 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 slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.
For the wicked boasteth of his heart's desire, and blesseth the covetous, whom the Lord abhorreth.
it is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
Cry and howl, son of man; for it shall be upon my people, it shall be upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon thy thigh.
Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite thine hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it is the sword of the great men that are slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
how that in a great trial of affliction, the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.