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Ezekiel 21

Ezek. 21:10 KJV (With Strong’s)

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It is sharpened
chadad (Hebrew #2300)
to be (causatively, make) sharp or (figuratively) severe
KJV usage: be fierce, sharpen.
Pronounce: khaw-dad'
Origin: a primitive root
to make a sore
tebach (Hebrew #2874)
properly, something slaughtered; hence, a beast (or meat, as butchered); abstr. butchery (or concretely, a place of slaughter)
KJV usage: X beast, slaughter, X slay, X sore.
Pronounce: teh'-bakh
Origin: from 2873
slaughter
tabach (Hebrew #2873)
to slaughter (animals or men)
KJV usage: kill, (make) slaughter, slay.
Pronounce: taw-bakh'
Origin: a primitive root
; it is furbished
mowrat (Hebrew #4178)
obstinate, i.e. independent
KJV usage: peeled.
Pronounce: mo-rawt'
Origin: from 3399
that it may glitter
baraq (Hebrew #1300)
lightning; by analogy, a gleam; concretely, a flashing sword
KJV usage: bright, glitter(-ing sword), lightning.
Pronounce: baw-rawk'
Origin: from 1299
: should
'ow (Hebrew #176)
short for 185; desire (and so probably in Prov. 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if
KJV usage: also, and, either, if, at the least, X nor, or, otherwise, then, whether.
Pronounce: o
Origin: presumed to be the "constructive" or genitival form of -av {av}
we then make mirth
suws (Hebrew #7797)
a primitive root; to be bright, i.e. cheerful
KJV usage: be glad, X greatly, joy, make mirth, rejoice.
Pronounce: soos
Origin: or siys {sece}
? it γcontemneth
ma'ac (Hebrew #3988)
to spurn; also (intransitively) to disappear
KJV usage: abhor, cast away (off), contemn, despise, disdain, (become) loathe(some), melt away, refuse, reject, reprobate, X utterly, vile person.
Pronounce: maw-as'
Origin: a primitive root
the rod
shebet (Hebrew #7626)
a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan
KJV usage: X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.
Pronounce: shay'-bet
Origin: from an unused root probably meaning to branch off
of my son
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
, as every tree
`ets (Hebrew #6086)
a tree (from its firmness); hence, wood (plural sticks)
KJV usage: + carpenter, gallows, helve, + pine, plank, staff, stalk, stick, stock, timber, tree, wood.
Pronounce: ates
Origin: from 6095
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or, is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree.

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it is furbished.
should.
Esther 3:15• 15The posts went forth in haste by the king's commandment, and the decree was given out in Shushan the palace. And the king and Haman sat down to drink; but the city of Shushan was in consternation. (Esther 3:15)
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Eccl. 3:4• 4A time to weep, and a time to laugh;{HR}A time to mourn, and a time to dance; (Eccl. 3:4)
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Isa. 5:12‑14• 12And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered the operation of his hands.
13Therefore my people are gone into captivity, for lack of knowledge; and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude [are] parched with thirst.
14Therefore Sheol hath enlarged her desire, and opened her mouth without measure; and their glory, and their multitude, and their tumult, and he that rejoiceth among them, descend [into it].
(Isa. 5:12‑14)
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Isa. 22:12‑14• 12And in that day did the Lord Jehovah of hosts call to weeping, and to mourning, and to baldness, and to girding with sackcloth;
13and behold joy and gladness, slaying oxen, and killing sheep, eating flesh, and drinking wine: let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.
14And it was revealed in mine ears by Jehovah of hosts, Surely this iniquity shall not be purged from you till ye die, saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts.
(Isa. 22:12‑14)
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Amos 6:3‑7• 3Ye that put far away the evil day, and cause the seat of violence to come near;
4that lie upon beds of ivory, and stretch themselves upon their couches, and eat the lambs out of the flock, and the calves out of the midst of the stall;
5that chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of music, like David;
6that drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
7Therefore shall they now go captive, with the first that go captive, and the revelry of them that stretched themselves shall pass away.
(Amos 6:3‑7)
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Nah. 1:10• 10for while they be folden together as thorns, and while they are drunken as drunkards, they shall be devoured as stubble fully dry. (Nah. 1:10)
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Luke 21:34‑35• 34But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares,
35for as a snare it will come upon all that are settled down upon the face of the whole earth.
(Luke 21:34‑35)
it contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree.
or, it isthe rod of my son, it despiseth every tree.
Ezek. 21:25‑27• 25And thou, profane, wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, at the time of the iniquity of the end.
26Thus saith the Lord Jehovah; Remove the diadem, and take off the crown: this shall not be the same: exalt him that is low, and abase him that is high.
27I will overturn, overturn, overturn it; and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him.
(Ezek. 21:25‑27)
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Ezek. 19:11‑14• 11And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches.
12But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them.
13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
14And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.
(Ezek. 19:11‑14)
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Ezek. 20:47• 47And say to the forest of the south, Hear the word of Jehovah; thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I will kindle a fire in thee, and it shall devour every green tree in thee, and every dry tree: The flaming flame shall not be quenched, and all faces from the south to the north shall be burnt therein. (Ezek. 20:47)
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2 Sam. 7:14• 14I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men. (2 Sam. 7:14)
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Psa. 2:7‑9• 7"Let me declare the decree;{HR}Jehovah said unto me,{HR}'Thou art my Son;{HR}This day have I begotten thee.'
8Ask of me, and I will give nations [for] thine inheritance,{HR}And the ends of the earth [for] thy possession.
9Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron;{HR}As a potter's vessel shalt thou dash them in pieces."
(Psa. 2:7‑9)
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Psa. 89:26‑32,38‑45• 26He shall call upon me, My father [art] thou,{HR}My God (El) and the rock of my salvation.
27And for me, I will make him first-born,{HR}Highest of kings of earth.
28My mercy will I keep for him,{HR}And my covenant [shall be] fixed for him.
29And I have set forever his seed,{HR}And his throne as the days of heaven.
30If his sons forsake my law,{HR}And walk not in my judgments,
31If they profane my statutes,{HR}And keep not my commandments,
32Then will I visit their transgressions with a rod{HR}And their iniquities with stripes.
38But thou hast cast off and rejected;{HR}Thou hast been wroth with thine anointed one;
39Thou hast made void the covenant of thy servant;{HR}Thou hast profaned his crown to the ground:
40Thou hast broken down all his hedges,{HR}Thou hast brought his strongholds to ruin.
41All that pass by the way plunder him;{HR}He is become a reproach to his neighbours.
42Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries.{HR}Thou hast made all his enemies to rejoice.
43Yea, thou turnest back the edge of his sword,{HR}And hast not made him stand in the battle.
44Thou hast made his brightness to cease,{HR}And his throne to the earth thou hast cast down.
45Thou hast shortened the days of his youth,{HR}Thou hast covered him with shame. Selah.
(Psa. 89:26‑32,38‑45)
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Psa. 110:5‑6• 5The Lord at thy right hand hath smitten kings in the day of his anger.
6He shall judge among the nations;{HR}He hath filled with corpses,{HR}He hath smitten the head over a great country.
(Psa. 110:5‑6)
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Rev. 2:27• 27and he shall rule them with an iron rod,(as the vessels of a potter are broken to shivers: as I also received of my Father. (Rev. 2:27)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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 woodd?

JND Translation Notes

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"It despiseth the rod of my son as [all] wood."

W. Kelly Translation

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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.