Ezekiel 21:12-14

New Catholic Bible

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?
¹⁴ As for you, son of man, prophesy,
    and strike your hands together.
Let the sword strike twice,
    even three times.
It is a sword for killing,
    a sword for great slaughter,
    that threatens their enemies on every side.