5. And all flesh shall know that I am the Lord. I have drawn my sword from its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.
6. “As for you, son of man, groan; with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
7. And when they say to you, ‘Why do you groan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that it is coming. Every heart will melt, and all hands will be feeble; every spirit will faint, and all knees will be weak as water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be fulfilled,’” declares the Lord God.
8. And the word of the Lord came to me:
9. “Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say: “A sword, a sword is sharpenedand also polished,
10. sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning!(Or shall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood.)
11. So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.