Ezekiel 21:11-13

21st Century King James Version

¹¹ “‘And he hath given it to be furbished, that it may be handled; this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished to give it into the hand of the slayer.

¹² Cry and howl, son of man! For it shall be upon My people; it shall be upon all the princes of Israel. Terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon My people; smite therefore upon thy thigh.

¹³ Because it is a trial, and what if the sword contemn even the rod? It shall be no more, saith the Lord God.’