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And the word of Yahweh came[a] to me, saying,[b] “Son of man,[c] prophesy, and you must say, ‘Thus says the Lord,’ say, ‘A sword, a sword is sharpened and is also polished. 10 It is sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, polished to flash like lightning![d] Or will we rejoice?[e] A rod, my son, is despising every tree.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:8 Literally “was”
  2. Ezekiel 21:8 Literally “to say”
  3. Ezekiel 21:9 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  4. Ezekiel 21:10 Literally “so that there be for her lightning”
  5. Ezekiel 21:10 Or “be pleased”
  6. Ezekiel 21:10 Or “stick” of correction; Hebrew is uncertain in meaning here