Ezekiel 21:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁹Mortal, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord; say:

A sword, a sword is sharpened;
    it is also polished;^(A)
¹⁰it is sharpened for slaughter,
    honed to flash like lightning!
How can we make merry?
    You have despised the rod
    and all discipline.^[a]
¹¹The sword^[b] is given to be polished
    to be grasped in the hand;
it is sharpened; the sword is polished
    to be placed in the slayer’s hand.