Ezekiel 21:11-13

International Standard Version

¹¹ It’s intended to be polished
    so it can be grasped in the hand.
The sword is sharpened.
    It’s polished for placement
        into the hand of the executioner.”
¹² ‘Cry and wail, you Son of Man!
    It’s headed against my people.
It’s also against all the princes of Israel,
    who have been tossed to the sword,
        along with my people.
So it’s time to grieve like you mean it,^[a]
13 because testing is sure to come.