Ezekiel 21:4-17 Because that I have cut off from you righteous and wicked, Therefore go out does My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north."

CLV⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ Because that I have cut off from you righteous and wicked, Therefore go out does My sword from its scabbard, Unto all flesh, from south to north." ⁵ And known have all flesh that I, Yahweh, Have brought out My sword from its scabbard, It does not turn back any more." ⁶ And you, son of man, sigh with breaking of loins, yea, with bitterness you do sigh before their eyes, ⁷ and it has come to pass, when they say unto you, For what are you sighing? that you have said:Because of the report, for it is coming, And melted has every heart, And feeble has been all hands, And weak is every spirit, And all knees go--waters, Lo, it is coming, yea, it has been, An affirmation of the Lord Yahweh.'" ⁸ And there is a word of Yahweh unto me, saying, ⁹ `Son of man, prophesy, and you have said, Thus said Yahweh, say:A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished." ¹⁰ So as to slaughter a slaughter it is sharpened. So as to have brightness it is polished, Desire has rejoiced the sceptre of my son, It is despising every tree." ¹¹ And he gives it for polishing, For laying hold of by the hand. It is sharpened--the sword--and polished, To give it into the hand of a slayer." ¹² Cry and howl, son of man, For it has been among My people, It [is] among all the princes of Israel, Cast unto the sword have been My people. Therefore strike on your thigh, ¹³ Because [it is] a trier, And what if even the sceptre it is despising? It shall not be, an affirmation of the Lord Yahweh." ¹⁴ And you, son of man, prophesy, And smite hand on hand, And bent is the sword a third time, The sword of the wounded! It [is] the sword of the wounded--the great one, That is entering the inner chamber to them." ¹⁵ To melt the heart, and to multiply the ruins, By all their gates I have set the point of a sword. Ah, it is made for brightness, Wrapped up for slaughter." ¹⁶ Take possession of the right, place yourself at the left, Whither your face is appointed." ¹⁷ And I also, I smite My hand on my hand, And have caused My fury to rest; I, Yahweh, have spoken.'"