10 (A)sharpened for slaughter,
    (B)polished to flash like lightning!

(Or (C)shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, (D)with everything of wood.)[a] 11 So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished (E)to be given into the hand of the slayer. 12 (F)Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people. It is against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered over to the sword with my people. (G)Strike therefore upon your thigh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:10 Probable reading; Hebrew The rod of my son despises everything of wood

10 sharpened for the slaughter,(A)
    polished to flash like lightning!

“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.(B)

11 “‘The sword is appointed to be polished,(C)
    to be grasped with the hand;
it is sharpened and polished,
    made ready for the hand of the slayer.
12 Cry out and wail, son of man,
    for it is against my people;
    it is against all the princes of Israel.
They are thrown to the sword
    along with my people.
Therefore beat your breast.(D)

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