Ezekiel 21:13-15

New American Standard Bible 1995

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

¹⁴ “You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap 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 ^(C)fall 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.