Ezekiel 21:14-16

English Standard Version

¹⁴ “As for you, ^(A)son of man, prophesy. ^(B)Clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, ^(C)yes, three times,^[a] the sword for those to be slain. It is the sword for the great slaughter, which surrounds them, ¹⁵ that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.^[b] At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; ^(D)it is taken up^[c] for slaughter. ¹⁶ Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.