Ezekiel 21:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³I am testing my people,
and they can do nothing
to stop me.^[a]
I, the Lord, have spoken.

¹⁴Ezekiel, warn my people,
then celebrate my victory
    by clapping your hands.
My vicious sword will attack
    again and again,
killing my people
    with every stroke.
¹⁵They will lose all courage
    and stumble with fear.
My slaughtering sword
is waiting at every gate,
    flashing and ready to kill.^[b]

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Footnotes

21.13 I am testing … me: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
21.15 My slaughtering sword … ready to kill: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.