5. that all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.
6. Cry out therefore, thou son of man, with the breaking of thy loins; and with bitterness cry out before their eyes.
7. And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Why criest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings that come; and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint; and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it comes and shall be brought to pass, said the Lord GOD.
8. Again the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
9. Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus hath the Lord said: Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
10. it is sharpened to slay victims; it is furbished that it may glitter; should we then make mirth? it despises the rod of my son, as every tree.
11. And he has given it to be furbished, that it may be handled; this sword is sharpened, and it is furbished, to give it into the hand of the slayer.