Ezekiel 21:13

Surely testing will come! And what if even the scepter, which the sword despises, does not continue?’ declares the Lord God.
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God.

Note Because…: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?

KJV · King James Version
“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord God.
WEB · World English Bible
For there is a trial; and what if even the rod that contemneth shall be no more? saith the Lord Jehovah.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

Ezekiel 21:13
Because, etc. or, When the trial hath been, what then?shall they not also belong to the despising rod? a trial.
Job 9:23; 2 Corinthians 8:2
contemn
Ezekiel 21:10, 25
it shall
Ezekiel 21:27