When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
Ezekiel 21:13 - New Revised Standard Version For consider: What! If you despise the rod, will it not happen? says 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. |
When disaster brings sudden death, he mocks at the calamity of the innocent.
For the wicked boast of the desires of their heart, those greedy for gain curse and renounce the Lord.
It is sharpened for slaughter, honed to flash like lightning! How can we make merry? You have despised the rod, and all discipline.
Cry and wail, O mortal, for it is against my people; it is against all Israel's princes; they are thrown to the sword, together with my people. Ah! Strike the thigh!
And you, mortal, prophesy; Strike hand to hand. Let the sword fall twice, thrice; it is a sword for killing. A sword for great slaughter— it surrounds them;
As for you, vile, wicked prince of Israel, you whose day has come, the time of final punishment,
for during a severe ordeal of affliction, their abundant joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.