Numbers 17:8

8On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

Isaiah 10:5

Judgment on Arrogant Assyria

5 Woe to Assyria, athe rod of my anger;
the staff in their hands is my fury!

Ezekiel 19:14

14 bAnd fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
has consumed its fruit,
cso that there remains in it no strong stem,
no scepter for ruling.
This is da lamentation and has become a lamentation.

Ezekiel 21:10

10 esharpened for slaughter,
fpolished to flash like lightning!
(Or gshall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, hwith everything of wood.)
Probable reading; Hebrew The rod of my son despises everything of wood

Ezekiel 21:13

13For it will not be a testingwhat could it do if you despise jthe rod?”
Or  For it is a testing; and what if even the rod despises? It shall not be!
declares the Lord God.

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