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14 And you, son of man,[a] prophesy and clap your hands.[b] And the sword will strike twice;[c] let it happen a third time. It is a sword of the dead, the sword of the great dead that is surrounding them, 15 so that a heart melts, and the fallen multiply[d] at all of their gates. I gave a sword for slaughter, and alas! It is made for flashing, it is grasped[e] for slaughtering. 16 Gather together, strike to the right; cause to go to the left, where your edge[f] is directed.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:14 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  2. Ezekiel 21:14 Literally “strike hand to hand”
  3. Ezekiel 21:14 Literally “be doubled”
  4. Ezekiel 21:15 Literally “be made many”
  5. Ezekiel 21:15 Or “polished”
  6. Ezekiel 21:16 Literally “face”