Ezekiel 21:14-16

New International Reader's Version

¹⁴ “Son of man, prophesy.
    Clap your hands.
Let the sword strike twice.
    Let it strike even three times.
It is a sword to kill people.
    It is a sword to kill many people.
    It is closing in on them from every side.
¹⁵ People’s hearts will melt away in fear.
    Many will be wounded or killed.
I have prepared the sword to kill people
    at all their city gates.
Look! It strikes like lightning.
    It is in the killer’s hand.
¹⁶ Sword, cut to the right.
    Then cut to the left.
    Strike down people everywhere your blade is turned.