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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 21:13 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 21:13 |
King James |
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
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 (Gen 49:10), when Judea became a Roman province. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| If - But if the king and kingdom of Judah despise this trial, both shall be destroyed and be no more. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
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. |
10 The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be.
23 If the scourge slay suddenly, he will laugh at the trial of the innocent.