Ezekiel 21:14-17

New International Version

¹⁴ “So then, son of man, prophesy
    and strike your hands^(A) together.
Let the sword strike twice,
    even three times.
It is a sword for slaughter—
    a sword for great slaughter,
    closing in on them from every side.^(B)
15 So that hearts may melt with fear^(C)
    and the fallen be many,
I have stationed the sword for slaughter^[a]
    at all their gates.
Look! It is forged to strike like lightning,
    it is grasped for slaughter.^(D)
16 Slash to the right, you sword,
    then to the left,
    wherever your blade is turned.
¹⁷ I too will strike my hands^(E) together,
    and my wrath^(F) will subside.
I the Lord have spoken.^(G)”