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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Ezekiel 21:10 - 21:10
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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 (Isa 22:12, Isa 22:13).
it contemneth the rod of my son, etc. - The sword has no more respect to the trivial “rod” or scepter of Judah (Gen 49:10) than if it were any common “tree.” “Tree” is the image retained from Eze 20:47; explained in Eze 21:2, Eze 21:3. God calls Judah “My son” (compare Exo 4:22; Hos 11:1). Fairbairn arbitrarily translates, “Perchance the scepter of My son rejoiceth; it (the sword) despiseth every tree.”