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Ezekiel 21:10

it is sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Should we rejoice in the scepter of My son? The sword despises every such stick.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

It is sharpened that it may make a slaughter. It is polished that it may be as lightning. Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son condemns every tree.

American Standard Version

it is sharpened that it may make a slaughter; it is furbished that it may be as lightning: shall we then make mirth? the rod of my son, it contemneth every tree.

Geneva Bible 1599

It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter, and it is fourbished that it may glitter: how shall we reioyce? for it contemneth the rod of my sonne, as all other trees.

Darby Translation

It is sharpened for sore slaughter, it is furbished that it may glitter. Shall we then make mirth, [saying,] The sceptre of my son contemneth all wood?

Young's Literal Translation

So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire hath rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree.

Bible in Basic English

It has been made sharp to give death; it is polished so that it may be like a thunder-flame: ...

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Cross references

“it is furbished”

Jeremiah 46:4 Nahum 3:3 Habakkuk 3:11

Jeremiah 46:4 · BSB

Harness the horses; mount the steeds; take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears; put on armor!

Nahum 3:3 · BSB

Charging horseman, flashing sword, shining spear; heaps of slain, mounds of corpses, dead bodies without end— they stumble over their dead—

Habakkuk 3:11 · BSB

Sun and moon stood still in their places at the flash of Your flying arrows, at the brightness of Your shining spear.

“should”

Esther 3:15 Ecclesiastes 3:4 Isaiah 5:12–14 Isaiah 22:12–14 Amos 6:3–7 Nahum 1:10

Esther 3:15 · BSB

The couriers left, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. Then the king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was in confusion.

Ecclesiastes 3:4 · BSB

a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,

Isaiah 5:12–14 · BSB

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Isaiah 22:12–14 · BSB

On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.

Amos 6:3–7 · BSB

You dismiss the day of calamity and bring near a reign of violence.

Nahum 1:10 · BSB

For they will be entangled as with thorns and consumed like the drink of a drunkard— like stubble that is fully dry.

“it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree”

Ezekiel 20:47 Ezekiel 21:25–27 Ezekiel 19:11–14 2 Samuel 7:14 Psalm 2:7–9 Psalm 89:26–32

Ezekiel 20:47 · BSB

Say to the forest of the Negev: Hear the word of the LORD! This is what the Lord GOD says: I am about to ignite in you a fire, and it will devour all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched…

Ezekiel 21:25–27 · BSB

And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

Ezekiel 19:11–14 · BSB

It had strong branches, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick branches, conspicuous for its height and for its dense foliage.

2 Samuel 7:14 · BSB

I will be his Father, and he will be My son. When he does wrong, I will discipline him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Psalm 2:7–9 · BSB

I will proclaim the decree spoken to Me by the LORD: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.

Psalm 89:26–32 · BSB

He will call to Me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock of my salvation.’

Also

Isaiah 34:5–6

Isaiah 34:5–6 · BSB

When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9“Son of man, prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord says: ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished—

11The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished, to be placed in the hand of the slayer.

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