Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 21:10

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.

Ver. 10. Should we then make mirth?] Not if we be in our right minds; for would it not be now a mad mirth, whenas we should be most serious and seek God? See Isaiah 22:12,14. See Trapp on " Isa 22:12 " See Trapp on " Isa 22:13 " See Trapp on " Isa 22:14 "

It contemneth the rod of my son.] Other judgments forerun the sword, which, when they will not do the deed, the sword will then contemn the rod; that is, it will set at naught whatever those have done, and come furbished and sharpened for the slaughter. See Ezekiel 21:3 .

Continues after advertising

See also Ezekiel 21:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 21:10. _IT 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 h...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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. Ez...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    Ezekiel 21:1. A solemn message is given to the prophet: “Behold I am against thee, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from thee the righteous and the wicked.” It was to b...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EZEKIEL 20:45 TO EZEKIEL 21:32. THE TERRIBLE SWORD OF NEBUCHADREZZAR. Here again, as shortly before (chs. 18f.), a piece of theological oratory is followed by a poem this time a wild irregular dithyra...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    MAKE. SORE SLAUGHTER. Figure of speech _Polyptbton_ (App-6), for emphasis. Hebrew to slay. slaughter. GLITTER. flash as lightning. SHOULD WE THEN MAKE MIRTH? or, "should we flourish [the sceptre of...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _should we then make mirth_ lit., or shall we make mirth? These words with the rest to the end of the verse appear to have little meaning in the connexion. R V. renders the whole: "shall we then make...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ezekiel 20:45 to Ezekiel 21:32. The avenging sword of the Lord The passage Ezekiel 20:45-49 belongs to ch. 21 (as in Heb.). The time to which the chapter is to be assigned is the early period of Nebu...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The destroying sword of the Lord. The violent agitation of the prophet at the thought of the coming destruction finds expression in a wild and irregular ode upon the sword of the Lord. The general sen...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    SHOULD WE THEN MAKE MIRTH— Houbigant reads, _That it may cast down the sceptre of my son, sparing no wood:_ that is, "The sword of Nebuchadnezzar shall overthrow, the power of the king of Judah, and s...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    B. The Song of the Sword 21:8-17 TRANSLATION (8) And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, (9) Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the LORD: Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also poli...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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. IT IS SHARPENED TO MAKE A SORE SLAUGHTER -...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    21:10 wood? (d-27) 'It despiseth the rod of my son as [all] wood.'...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    3, 4. THE RIGHTEOUS AND THE WICKED] corresponding to the green tree and the dry in the parable (Ezekiel 20:47). In spite of his strict theory of retribution in Ezekiel 18, Ezekiel recognised the fact...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    IT CONTEMNETH, ETC.] RV 'The rod of my son, it contemneth every tree' These words are almost hopelessly obscure, and the text is probably corrupt. As it stands, the meaning may be (_a_) that the rod ...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 21 * This chapter describes how the king of Babylon and his...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    (8-17) This second prophecy is an expansion of the last, Ezekiel 21:8 corresponding to 2-5, and Ezekiel 21:14 to Ezekiel 21:6. In several of its clauses modern criticism has been able to improve the t...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    MAKE MIRTH. — The answer to this question has already been given in Ezekiel 21:6, and is repeated in Ezekiel 21:12. CONTEMNETH THE ROD OF MY SON. — This refers to Genesis 49:9, in which Jacob addresse...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    _[Ezekiel 21:15]_ לְמַ֨עַן טְבֹ֤חַ טֶ֨בַח֙ הוּחַ֔דָּה לְמַעַן...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SWORD UNSHEATHED Ezekiel 21:1 THE date at the beginning of chapter 20 introduces the fourth and last section of the prophecies delivered before the destruction of Jerusalem. It also divides the f...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    The commission was then repeated in terms of explanation. Ezekiel was to set his face against Jerusalem, and prophesy against the land of Israel, declaring that Jehovah would draw His sword out of its...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    It is sharpened to make a grievous slaughter; it is polished that it may (f) glitter: should we then make mirth? it despiseth the (g) rod of my son, (h) [as] every tree. (f) And so cause fear. (g) M...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    My son. He speaks, according to St. Jerome, to the sword of Nabuchodonosor; which was about to remove the sceptre of Israel, whom God here calls his son. (Challoner) --- This title belonged to all Isr...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This seems to be another sermon to the same amount as the former. The Lord directs His servant to continue his alarming message, and again and again to cry concerning the sword of the Lord's slaughter...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 20 AND 21. Chapter 20 begins a new prophecy, which, with its subdivisions, continues to the end of chapter 23. It will have been remarked that the general div...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    IT IS SHARPENED TO MAKE A SORE SLAUGHTER,.... To cut easily, and wound deeply, and make a slaughter of men, like beasts for sacrifice; a sacrifice to the justice of God for their sins, and so acceptab...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened_ The sword was unsheathed in the foregoing verses; here it is fitted to do execution, which the prophet is commanded to Lamentations 1. It is _sharpened_, that it m...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    it is sharpened to make a sore slaughter, literally, "that, killing, it may kill"; IT IS FURBISHED THAT IT MAY GLITTER, the flash of its wielding striking terror to the hearts of all beholders. SHOULD...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Sword of the Lord....

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    IT CONTEMNETH THE ROD OF MY SON, AS EVERY TREE: Or, it is the rod of my son, it despiseth every tree...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-17 Here is an explanation of the parable in the last chapter. It is declared that the Lord was about to cut off Jerusalem and the whole land, that all might know it was his decree against a wicked...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    TO MAKE A SORE SLAUGHTER; to slay many, and with as little regard as men kill beasts, or to offer whole herds of wicked men in sacrifice to the offended justice of God; much after this style both Davi...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 21:10 Sharpened H2300 (H8717) dreadful H2874 slaughter H2873 (H8800) Polished H4178 (H8794) lightning H1300

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF THE SWORD. This song is intermingled with comments in prose and therefore its original form is difficult to work out. It may well originally have accompanied preparation for and march int...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “Should we then make mirth? The rod of my son it condemns every tree.” Having revealed the warlike picture God now challenged Israel. In spite of the warnings of Jeremiah and Ezekiel they continued to...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parable of the sighing prophet, and of the sword of God. No king for Israel until Messiah comes to reign. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Ezekiel, King of Babylon. CONCLUSION: When the sword is u...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Ezekiel 21:2. _Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and drop thy word toward the holy places._ In the Latin bibles, this chapter begins at 21:45 of the preseding, which preserves unity in the su...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Should we then make mirth?_ MIRTH UNREASONABLE IN THE UNCONVERTED I. Because they are under condemnation. The sword is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter. Shoul...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 21:8 This oracle uses the image of a sharpened sword. Verses Ezekiel 21:8 focus on the nature of the sword itself, honed to razor sharpness. Verses...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    EXEGETICAL NOTES. (Ezekiel 21:8.) The sword is sharpened for slaying. As they are a people who refuse to understand, the judgment is announced in the plainest terms. Ezekiel 21:9. “AND ALSO FURBISHED....

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION EZEKIEL 21:2, EZEKIEL 21:3 The opening words, reproducing those of Ezekiel 20:46, indicate that the interpretation of that parable is coming. So the

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Shall we turn now in our Bibles to Ezekiel 21, the twenty-first chapter of Ezekiel. Now the prophets of God were often very colorful persons. And because people would not always listen to the Word of...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Samuel 7:14; Amos 6:3; Ecclesiastes 3:4; Esther 3:15; Ezekiel 19:11

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of my son — To whom God saith, Thou shalt break them with a rod of iron, Psalms 2:9. This sword is that rod of iron, which despiseth every tree, and will bear it down....

Continues after advertising