12 Cry and howl, son of man: for this shall come to my people, and it shall come unto all the princes of Israel: the terrors of the sword shall be upon my people, [a]smite therefore upon thy thigh.

13 For it is a trial, [b]and what shall this be, if the sword contemn even the rod? It shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

14 Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy and smite [c]hand to hand, and let the sword be doubled: let the sword that hath killed, return the third time: it is the sword of the great slaughter entering into their privy chambers.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:12 Read Jer. 31:19.
  2. Ezekiel 21:13 Ezekiel moved with compassion, thus complaineth, fearing the destruction of the kingdom which God had confirmed to David and his posterity by promise, which promise God performed, although here it seemed to man’s eye that it should utterly perish.
  3. Ezekiel 21:14 That is, encourage the sword.

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