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1Then the word of the Lord came to me.[#21:1 English verses 21:1–32 are 21:6–37 in Hebrew.]
8The word of the Lord came to me.
9Son of man, prophesy and say that this is what the Lord says.
A sword, a sword has been sharpened.
It has also been polished.
10It has been made very sharp for slaughter.
It has been polished to flash like lightning.
So shall we rejoice in the scepter of my son?
The sword despises every such stick of wood.
11The sword has been set aside to be polished,
to be grasped by the hand.
It has been sharpened, and it has been polished,
to be put into the hand of a killer.
12Cry out and wail, son of man,
because the sword is against my people.
It is against all the princes of Israel.
They have been thrown to the sword together with my people.
Therefore, slap your thigh.
13Yes, testing is sure to come.
What if the scepter, which the sword despises, is no more?
This is the declaration of the Lord God.
14Now you, son of man, prophesy.
Clap your hands together.
Let the sword strike two times or even three.
It is a sword for those who are to be slain,
a sword for great slaughter,
a sword that pursues even to the inner room,
15so that hearts melt,
and those who stumble will be many.
At all their gates I have placed the point of the sword.
Yes, it is made to flash like lightning,
unsheathed for slaughter.
16Slash to the right. Thrust to the left—
wherever your blade is directed.
17Then I myself will clap my hands.[#21:17 To signal the end of the slaughter]
I will bring my wrath to an end.
I, the Lord , have spoken.
18The word of the Lord came to me.