Ezekiel 21:10

Ezekiel 21:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! (Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)
• New King James Version (NKJV)Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, As it does all wood.
• New Living Translation (NLT)It is sharpened for terrible slaughter and polished to flash like lightning! Now will you laugh? Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power!

Context of Ezekiel 21:10

8The word of the Lord came to me: 9“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord says: “ ‘A sword, a sword, sharpened and polished— sharpened for the slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! “ ‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick. 11“ ‘The sword is appointed to be polished, to be grasped with the hand; it is sharpened and polished, made ready for the hand of the slayer. 12Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel. They are thrown to the sword along with my people. Therefore beat your breast.

Ezekiel 21:10 word by word

לְמַ֨עַן טְבֹ֤חַ טֶ֙בַח֙ הוּחַ֔דָּה לְמַעַן־הֱיֵה־לָ֥הּ בָּ֖רָק מֹרָ֑טָּה א֣וֹ נָשִׂ֔ישׂ שֵׁ֥בֶט בְּנִ֖י מֹאֶ֥סֶת כָּל־עֵֽץ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It is sharpenedחָדַדchâdad · be sharpH2300
• to make a soreטֶ֫בַחţebach · slaughterH2874
• slaughterטָבַחţâbach · to slaughterH2873
• it is furbishedמוֹרָטmôrâţ · make smoothH4178
• that it may glitterבָּרָקbârâq · lightningH1300
• shouldאוֹ'ô 'av · orH176
• we then make mirthשׂוּשׂώûώ ώîyώ · to rejoiceH7797
• it contemnethמָאַסmâ'as · to rejectH3988
• the rodשֵׁ֫בֶטshêbeţ · tribe: staffH7626
• of my sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• every treeעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086

Cross-references for Ezekiel 21:10

• Jeremiah 46:4Harness the horses, mount the steeds! Take your positions with helmets on! Polish your spears, put on your armor!
• Nahum 3:3Charging cavalry, flashing swords and glittering spears! Many casualties, piles of dead, bodies without number, people stumbling over the corpses—
• Habakkuk 3:11Sun and moon stood still in the heavens at the glint of your flying arrows, at the lightning of your flashing spear.
• Esther 3:15The couriers went out, spurred on by the king’s command, and the edict was issued in the citadel of Susa. The king and Haman sat down to drink, but the city of Susa was bewildered.
• Ecclesiastes 3:4a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
• Isaiah 5:12They have harps and lyres at their banquets, pipes and timbrels and wine, but they have no regard for the deeds of the Lord, no respect for the work of his hands.
• Isaiah 22:12The Lord, the Lord Almighty, called you on that day to weep and to wail, to tear out your hair and put on sackcloth.
• Amos 6:3You put off the day of disaster and bring near a reign of terror.
• Nahum 1:10They will be entangled among thorns and drunk from their wine; they will be consumed like dry stubble.
• Luke 21:34“Be careful, or your hearts will be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness and the anxieties of life, and that day will close on you suddenly like a trap.
• Ezekiel 19:11Its branches were strong, fit for a ruler’s scepter. It towered high above the thick foliage, conspicuous for its height and for its many branches.
• Ezekiel 20:47Say to the southern forest: ‘Hear the word of the Lord. This is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am about to set fire to you, and it will consume all your trees, both green and dry. The blazing flame will not be quenched, and every face from south to north will be scorched by it.
• 2 Samuel 7:14I will be his father, and he will be my son. When he does wrong, I will punish him with a rod wielded by men, with floggings inflicted by human hands.
• Psalms 2:7I will proclaim the Lord’s decree: He said to me, “You are my son; today I have become your father.
• Psalms 89:26He will call out to me, ‘You are my Father, my God, the Rock my Savior.’
• Psalms 110:5The Lord is at your right hand; he will crush kings on the day of his wrath.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 21:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10It contemneth the rod of my son - "It," the sword of Nebuchadnezzar, "contemneth the rod," despises the power and influence of my son - Israel, the Jewish people: "Out of Egypt have I called My Son." As every tree - As all the stocks, kindreds, and nations, over which I have already given him commission. Can the rod of Israel be spared, when the trees of Assyria, Egypt, etc., have been cut down?Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8-17Verses 8-17 The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the “Lay of the Sword;” it is written in the form of Hebrew poetry, with its characteristic parallelism. Ezekiel 21:10 It contemneth the rod of my son, as every tree - The rod is the scepter of dominion, assigned to Judah Genesis 49:10. The destroying sword of Babylon despises the scepter of Judah; it despises every tree. Others render the verse, “Shall…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 8-11sword, sharpened and polished: These actions prepare the weapon to be deadly and effective. Once the sword is ready, it will be given to the executioner (the one who carries out a death sentence). He will use it against God’s people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. to make a sore slaughter--literally, "that killing it may kill." glitter--literally, "glitter as the lightning flash": flashing terror into the foe. should we ... make mirth--It is no time for levity when such a calamity is impending (Is 22:12, 13). it contemneth the rod of my son, &c.--The sword has no more respect to the trivial "rod" or scepter of Judah (Ge 49:10) than if it were any common "tree." "Tree" is the image retained from Eze 20:47…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 21:10

• War

In the dictionaries

• Parting
• Privy
• Armor; Arms
• Glitter; Glittering
• Groan
• Palsy; Paralysis
• Rod
• slaughter, slaughtered

Commentaries on Ezekiel 21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings