Ezekiel 21:8-10

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁸And the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹Mortal, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord; Say:

A sword, a sword is sharpened,
    it is also polished;
¹⁰it is sharpened for slaughter,
    honed to flash like lightning!
How can we make merry?
    You have despised the rod
    and all discipline.^[a]

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Ezekiel 21:10 Meaning of Heb uncertain

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)

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