Ezekiel 21:14-16

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ “Prophesy therefore, son of man; clap your hands and let the sword come down twice, yea thrice, the sword for those to be slain; it is the sword for the great slaughter, which encompasses them, ¹⁵ that their hearts may melt, and many fall at all their gates. I have given the glittering sword; ah! it is made like lightning, it is polished^[a] for slaughter. ¹⁶ Cut sharply to right^[b] and left where your edge is directed.