Ezekiel 21:15-17

New English Translation

¹⁵ So hearts melt with fear and many stumble.
At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter.
Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!
¹⁶ Cut sharply on the right!
Swing to^[a] the left,
wherever your edge^[b] is appointed to strike.
¹⁷ I too will clap my hands together,
I will exhaust my rage;
I the Lord have spoken.”