15 that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.[a] At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; (A)it is taken up[b] for slaughter. 16 Cut sharply to the right; set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed. 17 I also will (B)clap my hands, (C)and I will satisfy my fury; (D)I the Lord have spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 21:15 Hebrew many stumbling blocks
  2. Ezekiel 21:15 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered taken up is uncertain

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