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  10 Sharpened to make a dreadful slaughter, Polished to flash like lightning! Should we then make mirth? It despises the scepter of My son, As   it   does  all wood. 11 And He has given it to be polished, That it may be handled; This sword is sharpened, and it is polished To be given into the hand of  the slayer.’ 12 “Cry and wail, son of man; For it will be against My people, Against all the princes of Israel. Terrors including the sword will be against My people; Therefore  strike  your  thigh. 13 “Because  it   is   a testing, And what if  the   sword  despises even the scepter? The   scepter  shall be no  more, ” says the Lord  God . 14 “You therefore, son of man, prophesy, And  strike  your  hands together. The third time let the sword do double  damage. It  is  the sword  that  slays, The sword that slays the great  men, That enters their  private chambers.

1 And the word of the  Lord  came to me, saying,  2 “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem,  preach against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel;  3 and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the  Lord : “Behold, I  am   against you, and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off both  righteous and wicked from you.  4 Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh  from south  to  north,  5 that all flesh may know that I, the  Lord , have drawn My sword out of its sheath; it  shall not return anymore.” ’  6 Sigh therefore, son of man, with a breaking heart, and sigh with bitterness before their eyes.  7 And it shall be when they say to you, ‘Why are you sighing?’ that you shall answer, ‘Because of the news; when it comes, every heart will melt,  all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak  as  water. Behold, it is coming and shall be brought to