Ezekiel 21:13
Surely a trial will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue? declares the Lord GOD.
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a trial

Job 9:23
When the scourge brings sudden death, He mocks the despair of the innocent.

2 Corinthians 8:2
In the terrible ordeal they suffered, their abundant joy and deep poverty overflowed into rich generosity.

contemn

Ezekiel 21:10, 25
it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every tree. . . .

it shall

Ezekiel 21:27
A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until He comes to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned judgment.'

Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"For there is a testing; and what if even the rod which despises will be no more?" declares the Lord GOD.

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Surely it will be a trial! And what if the sword despises even the scepter? The scepter will not continue. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD.

International Standard Version
because testing is sure to come. 'In putting the sword to the test along with the scepter, it won't keep on rejecting, will it?' declares the Lord GOD."

NET Bible
"'For testing will come, and what will happen when the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more? declares the sovereign LORD.'
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