Ezekiel 21:9-11

Lexham English Bible

⁹ “Son of man,^[a] prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord,’ say, ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened and is also polished. ¹⁰ It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!^[b] Or will we rejoice?^[c] A rod, my son, is despising every tree.^{[d] 11} And he gives it to be polished, to be seized by the hand.^[e] It is sharpened—a sword—and it is polished to give it into the hand of the killer.