Ezekiel 21:10-12

New Catholic Bible

¹⁰ It is sharpened for slaughter,
    burnished to flash like lightning.
¹¹ The sword has been polished to be wielded
    and to be placed in the slayer’s hand.
¹² Cry out and wail, son of man,
    for it will be wielded against my people.
All of Israel’s princes
    will fall by the sword.
And so slap your thigh, my people,