Ezekiel 21:11-13

New Catholic Bible

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,
¹³     for the sword has been tested.
And why should it not be so,
    says the Lord God,
    since you have spurned the rod?