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.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
I have set the point of the sword against all their gates,.... The word rendered "point" is nowhere else used, and is…
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
Because it is a trial - This will be a trial of strength and skill between the Chaldeans and the Jews; and a trial of…
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
Because it is a trial Or, for there is a trial. So accented the word occurs again Isa 28:16, a stone of trial (tried…
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