13 For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise (A)the rod?”[a] declares the Lord God.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:13 Or For it is a testing; and what if even the rod despises? It shall not be!

for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and (A)their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part.

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25 And you, O profane[a] (A)wicked one, prince of Israel, (B)whose day has come, (C)the time of your final punishment,

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  1. Ezekiel 21:25 Or slain; also verse 29

10 (A)sharpened for slaughter,
    (B)polished to flash like lightning!

(Or (C)shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, (D)with everything of wood.)[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 21:10 Probable reading; Hebrew The rod of my son despises everything of wood

23 When (A)disaster brings sudden death,
    he mocks at the calamity[a] of the innocent.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 9:23 The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain

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