Contemn

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. ❋ Unknown (2006)

"Because it is a trial," saith he, "and what if the sword contemn even the rod?" ❋ 1616-1683 (1968)

Or, What if the sword contemn even the rod? that is, what if this sword make the former rods, as that or Sennacherib, to be contemned as nothing to this? ❋ Unknown (1721)

What if the sword contemn the tribe or sceptre? namely, that of Judah and the house of David (so some think Shebet here signifies); what if it should aim at the ruin of our government? ❋ Unknown (1721)

And here's Laurence Binyon's poem in full, and as the Tinker reminded me over our coffee and silence this morning it is "contemn" not "condemn". ❋ Unknown (2006)

26: 021: 013 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord GOD. ❋ Anonymous (N/A)

13 Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? it shall be no more, saith the Lord God. ❋ Unknown (1721)

Moreover to be mindful of all that God hath commanded, and remember that such as contemn God fall into hell for their sins, and that everlasting life is prepared for such as fear Him. ❋ C. 540-604 (1898)

Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? " ❋ 1616-1683 (1968)

I am not glad that & ch a fore of time Should & ck a plaifter by 'contemn'd revolt. ❋ William Shakespeare , Joseph Rann (1791)

You know my connexions and my situation! 'cried she, hiding her face on Camilla's bosom:' tell me, at least, tell me, you do not therefore contemn and abhor me? ' ❋ Unknown (2008)

This was not unobserved by Edgar, who now again wavered in believing she loved the Major: but the doubt brought with it no pleasure; it led him only the more to contemn her. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He was equally whimsical about the brushing of his clothes, the arrangement of the furniture in his apartment, and a thousand minutiæ, which, in conversation, he seemed totally to contemn. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Gods; I look'd down upon all moral Vertues, as Steps by which I had ascended to this Happiness of Mind; I almost bless'd those Misfortunes that had thus brought me to know the Feebleness and Instability of all earthly Persuits and Acquests, and chiefly that I had truly learnt to know and contemn myself, and, for the Love of the Gods, long'd to be freed from this mortal Being. ❋ Unknown (2008)