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^(F1)And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)set your face against Jerusalem, and ^(F1)(C2)speak prophetically against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel;

and say to the land of Israel, 'This is what the LORD says: "Behold, ^(C1)I am against you; and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the ^(C2)righteous and the wicked.

"Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against ^(F1)(C1)humanity from south to north.

"So ^(F1)humanity will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword from its sheath. It will ^(C1)not return to its sheath again."'

"As for you, son of man, groan with ^(F1)a breaking heart and bitter grief; you shall groan in their sight.

"And when they say to you, 'Why are you groaning?' you shall say, 'Because of the ^(C1)news, for it is coming; and ^(C2)every heart will melt, all hands will go limp, every spirit will be disheartened, and all ^(F1)knees will drip with water. Behold, it is coming and it will happen,' declares the Lord ^(F2)GOD."

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the LORD says:' Say, '^(C1)A sword, a sword sharpened And also polished!

-'Sharpened to make a ^(C1)slaughter, Polished ^(F1)to flash like lightning!' Or shall we rejoice, the ^(F2)rod of My son ^(C2)despising every tree?

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"And it is given to be polished, so that it may be handled; the sword is sharpened and polished, to hand it over to the slaughterer.

"^(C1)Cry out and wail, son of man; for it is against My people, it is against all the ^(C2)officials of Israel. They are turned over to the sword with My people, therefore ^(F1)slap your thigh.

"For there is a testing; and what if even the ^(F1)rod which despises will cease to be?" declares the Lord GOD.

"You therefore, son of man, prophesy and clap your hands; and let the sword be ^(C1)doubled the third time, the sword for the slain. It is the sword for the great one slain, which surrounds them,

so that their ^(C1)hearts will waver, and many ^(C2)fall at all their ^(C3)gates. I have granted the slaughter of the sword. Oh! It is made for striking like lightning, it is sharpened in readiness for slaughter.

"Prove yourself sharp, go to the right; set yourself; go to the left, wherever your ^(F1)edge is ordered.

"I will also clap My hands, and I will ^(C1)satisfy My wrath; I, the LORD, have spoken."