13. for it has been tested. And this one, when he will have overthrown the scepter, will not be, says the Lord God.
14. You therefore, O son of man, prophesy, and strike hand against hand, and let the sword be doubled, and let the sword of the slain be tripled. This is the sword of the great slaughter, which causes them to be utterly stupefied,
15. and to waste away in heart, and which multiplies ruin. At all their gates, I have presented the consternation of the sword, which has been sharpened and polished so as to shine, which has been dressed for the slaughter.
16. Be sharpened! Go to the right or to the left, whichever way is the desire of your face.
17. And then I will clap hand against hand, and I will fulfill my indignation. I, the Lord, have spoken."
18. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
19. "And as for you, son of man, set for yourself two ways, so that the sword of the king of Babylon may approach. Both shall go forth from one land. And with a hand, he will grasp and cast lots; he will cast at the head of the way of the community.