Ezekiel 21:14-16

Contemporary English Version

¹⁴ Ezekiel, warn my people,
then celebrate my victory
    by clapping your hands.
My vicious sword will attack
    again and again,
killing my people
    with every stroke.
¹⁵ They will lose all courage
    and stumble with fear.
My slaughtering sword
is waiting at every gate,
    flashing and ready to kill.^[a]
16 It will slash right and left,
    wherever the blade is pointed.