Charles Ellicott Commentary Ezekiel 7:10

"Behold, the day, behold, it cometh: thy doom is gone forth; the rod hath blossomed, pride hath budded." — Ezekiel 7:10 (ASV)

The morning is gone forth.— The word here is the same as in Ezekiel 7:7, and used in the same sense: the circle is complete, the end is reached, sin has brought forth death.

“The rod” is commonly understood to mean the Chaldean conqueror. However, since the word is the same for rod and for tribe, and is very often used in the latter sense, it is more consistent with the context to understand a play on words here. This then alludes to the rods of the tribes in Numbers 17:8.

There, the rod of Aaron was made to bud and blossom by divine power as evidence that he had been chosen by God. Here, the rod representing the tribe at Jerusalem, in its self-will and pride, has budded and blossomed to its destruction. So the description continues in the next verse: Violence is risen up into a rod of wickedness. This means not a rod for punishing wickedness, but rather that violence has developed into a wicked people.