“‘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)

57 The righteous perish,^(A)
    and no one takes it to heart;^(B)
the devout are taken away,
    and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away
    to be spared from evil.^(C)

⁶ “‘Alas, sword^(A) of the Lord,
    how long till you rest?
Return to your sheath;
    cease and be still.’^(B)
7 But how can it rest
    when the Lord has commanded it,
when he has ordered it
    to attack Ashkelon and the coast?”^(C)