Ezekiel 21 · Verse 13

Ezekiel 21:13

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.
Ezekiel 21:13, King James Version

Ezekiel 21:13 in other translations

BSBSurely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord GOD.
WEB“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord GOD.
ASVFor there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
YLTBecause it is a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.
DARBYFor the trial is made; and what if even the contemning sceptre shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
BBE...
WebsterBecause it is a trial, and what if the sword contemneth even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD.

What does Ezekiel 21:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. it is a trial--rather, "There is a trial" being made: the sword of the Lord will subject all to the ordeal. "What, then, if it contemn even the rod" (scepter of Judah)? Compare as to a similar scourge of unsparing trial, Job 9:23. it shall be no more--the scepter, that is, the state, must necessarily then come to an end. Fulfilled in part at the overthrow of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, but fully at the time of "Shiloh's" (Messiah's) coming (Ge 49:10), when Judea became a Roman province.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 Because it is a trial - This will be a trial of strength and skill between the Chaldeans and the Jews; and a trial of faith and patience to the righteous. And what if the sword, (Nebuchadnezzar), contemn even the rod? - Overthrow Zedekiah? It will do so; for the regal government of Judea shall be no more. Or, it is tried; that it the sword. Nebuchadnezzar has already shown himself strong and skillful.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 21:1-17

The ruin of Judah under the emblem of a sharp sword. (Ezek 21:1-17) The approach of the king of Babylon described. (Ezek 21:18-27) The destruction of the Ammonites. (Ezek 21:28-32) Verses 1-17 Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole land, that all might know it was his decree against a wicked and rebellious people. It…

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Ezekiel 21:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֣יkiforH3588
בֹ֔חַןVo.chanit has been testedH974
וּמָ֕הu.Mahand what?H4100
אִם\־'im-ifH518
גַּם\־gam-alsoH1571
שֵׁ֥בֶטShe.veta scepterH7626
מֹאֶ֖סֶתmo.'E.setrejectingH3988
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
יִֽהְיֶ֑הyih.Yehit will beH1961
נְאֻ֖םne.'Um[the] utterance ofH5002
אֲדֹנָ֥י'a.do.Nai[the] LordH136
יְהוִֽה\׃\ \פYah.wehYahwehH3069

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Ezekiel 21:13

  • Ezekiel 21:10

    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.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:2

    How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality.

  • Ezekiel 21:25

    And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,

  • Job 9:23

    If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Because, etc. or, When the trial hath been, what then?shall they not also belong to the despising rod? a trial.
Job 9:23; 2Co 8:2
contemn.
10,25
it shall.
27

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Context

  • Ezekiel 21:12

    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.

  • Ezekiel 21:13

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

  • Ezekiel 21:14

    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.

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Ezekiel 21:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque está probado. ¿Y qué, si la espada desprecia aun el cetro? El no será más, dice el Señor Jehová.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et la parole de l’ Éternel vint à moi, disant:
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und das Wort Jehovas geschah zu mir also:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quia probatus est: et hoc, cum sceptrum subverterit, et non erit, dicit Dominus Deus.