King James Version (KJV)
Because {it is} a trial, and what if {the sword} contemn even the rod? it shall be no {more}, saith the Lord GOD. {Because...: or, When the trial hath been, what then? shall they not also belong to the despising rod?}
Modern English
“For there is a trial. What if even the rod that condemns will be no more?” says the Lord Yahweh.
Hebrew
וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־יְהוָ֖ה אֵלַ֥י לֵאמֹֽר׃
vayhiy dbar-yhvah ʾelay leʾmor