12 If a man[a] does not repent, God[b] will (A)whet his sword;
    he has (B)bent and (C)readied his bow;

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he
  2. Psalm 7:12 Hebrew he

The Redemption of Israel

27 In that day the Lord with his hard and great and strong (A)sword will punish (B)Leviathan the fleeing serpent, (C)Leviathan the twisting serpent, and he will slay (D)the dragon that is in the sea.

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For my sword has drunk its fill in the heavens;
    behold, it descends for judgment upon (A)Edom,
    upon the people (B)I have devoted to destruction.

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16 For (A)by fire (B)will the Lord enter into judgment,
    and by his sword, with all flesh;
    and those slain by the Lord shall be many.

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(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]

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Footnotes

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

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