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.”

"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." - Ezekiel 21:10
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Ezekiel 21:10 (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." The book of Ezekiel is a prophetic book in the Old Testament, filled with imagery and symbolism. This…

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