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]