Ezekiel 21:9–11

9 “Son of man, prophesy, ‘This is what the Lord says!’ You are to proclaim,

‘A sword!aa A sword is sharpened

and also polished.ab

10 It is sharpened for slaughter,

polished to flash like lightning!

Should we rejoice?

The scepter of my son,

the sword despises every tree.D

11 The sword is given to be polished,

to be grasped in the hand.

It is sharpened, and it is polished,

to be put in the hand of the slayer.’a