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

¹¹ “‘The sword is appointed to be polished,^(C)
    to be grasped with the hand;
it is sharpened and polished,
    made ready for the hand of the slayer.

²² It is all the same; that is why I say,
    ‘He destroys both the blameless and the wicked.’^(A)

¹³ I am against^(A) you, Jerusalem,
    you who live above this valley^(B)
    on the rocky plateau, declares the Lord—
you who say, “Who can come against us?
    Who can enter our refuge?”^(C)