Ezekiel 21:8-10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁸The word of the Lord came to me: ⁹‘Son of man, prophesy, “This is what the Lord says! ” You are to proclaim,

“A sword!^(A) A sword is sharpened
and also polished.^(B)
¹⁰It is sharpened for slaughter,
polished to flash like lightning!
Should we rejoice?
The sceptre of my son,
the sword despises every tree.^[a]