Ezekiel 21:13-15

Legacy Standard Bible

¹³ For there is a testing; and what if even the ^[a]scepter ^[b]which the sword despises will be no more?” declares Lord Yahweh.

¹⁴ “You therefore, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together; and let the sword be ^(A)doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them, ¹⁵ that their ^(B)hearts may melt, and many will be ^(C)stumbling blocks at all their ^(D)gates. I have given the glittering sword. Ah! It is made for striking like lightning, it is wrapped up in readiness for slaughter.