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14 Now you, son of man, prophesy.
    Clap your hands together.[a]
    Let the sword strike two times or even three.
    It is a sword for those who are to be slain,
    a sword for great slaughter,[b]
    a sword that pursues even to the inner room,[c]
15 so that hearts melt,
    and those who stumble will be many.
    At all their gates I have placed the point[d] of the sword.
    Yes, it is made to flash like lightning,
        unsheathed for slaughter.
16 Slash to the right. Thrust to the left—
    wherever your blade is directed.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:14 Apparently a signal to begin the slaughter. Compare 21:17.
  2. Ezekiel 21:14 Or to slaughter the great
  3. Ezekiel 21:14 The meaning of this line is uncertain.
  4. Ezekiel 21:15 The meaning of this word is uncertain.