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 Sigh therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before their eyes.

7 And it shall be, when they say unto thee, `Why sighest thou?' that thou shalt answer, `For the tidings, because it cometh; 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 cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord GOD."

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

9 "Son of man, prophesy and say, `Thus saith the LORD. Say: "`A sword, a sword is sharpened and also furbished!

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.