Ezekiel 21:8

8 And the word of the LORD came to me:

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 Sigh therefore, son of man; sigh with breaking heart and bitter grief before their eyes.

7 And when they say to you, 'Why do you sigh?' you shall say, 'Because of the tidings. When it comes, every heart will melt and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it comes and it will be fulfilled,'" says the Lord GOD.

8 And the word of the LORD came to me:

9 "Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,

10 sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Or do we make mirth? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.