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13 For consider: What! If you despise the rod, will it not happen?[a] says the Lord God.

14 And you, mortal, prophesy;
    strike hand to hand.
Let the sword fall twice, thrice;
    it is a sword for killing.
A sword for great slaughter—
    it surrounds them;(A)
15 therefore hearts melt,
    and many stumble.
At all their gates I have set
    the point[b] of the sword.
Ah! It is made for flashing;
    it is drawn for slaughter.

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Footnotes

  1. 21.13 Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 21.15 Meaning of Heb uncertain