Ezekiel 21:8

8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Ezekiel 21:8 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 21:8

Again, the word of the Lord came unto me, saying.
] Either this is a new prophecy of another sword, distinct and different from that of the Chaldeans, even of the sword of the Romans, as Cocceius thinks or it is a further explanation of the former, and an enlargement upon it.

Ezekiel 21:8 In-Context

6 Cry out therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness cry out before their eyes.

7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Why criest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings that come; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint; and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes and shall be brought to pass, said the Lord GOD.

8 Again the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

9 Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus hath the LORD said: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:

10 it is sharpened to slay victims; it is furbished that it may glitter; should we then make mirth? it despises the rod of my son, as every tree.