^9 (A)“Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:

(Or ^(E)shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, ^(F)with everything of wood.)^{[a] 11} So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished ^(G)to be given into the hand of the slayer.

²⁸ “And you, ^(A)son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God ^(B)concerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, ^(C)A sword, a sword ^(D)is drawn for the slaughter. ^(E)It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—