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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Cry, howl, son of man,.... Not only sigh, but cry; and not cry only, but howl; signifying hereby that this would be the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Ezekiel 21:8-17
The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword;” it…
Adam ClarkeMethodist theologian, 1762–1832
It contemneth the rod of my son - "It," the sword of Nebuchadnezzar, "contemneth the rod," despises the power and…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Ezekiel 21:8-17
Here is another prophecy of the sword, which is delivered in a very affecting manner; the expressions here used are…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
should we then make mirth lit., or shall we make mirth? These words with the rest to the end of the verse appear to have…
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