Ezekiel 21:9-10

English Standard Version Anglicised

⁹^(A)“Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:

^(B)“A sword, a sword is sharpened
and also polished,
¹⁰^(C)sharpened for slaughter,
^(D)polished to flash like lightning!

(Or ^(E)shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, ^(F)with everything of wood.)^[a]

Ezekiel 21:10 Probable reading; Hebrew The rod of my son despises everything of wood

Ezekiel 21:9-10

New International Version

⁹“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘A sword, a sword,
sharpened and polished—
¹⁰sharpened for the slaughter,^(A)
polished to flash like lightning!

“‘Shall we rejoice in the scepter of my royal son? The sword despises every such stick.^(B)

English Standard Version Anglicised (ESVUK)

New International Version (NIV)