Ezekiel 21:3-5
21:3 and say to them,
‘This is what the
Lord says: Look,
I am against you.
I will draw my sword
from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
21:4 Because I will cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked, my sword will go out from its sheath against everyone
from the south
to the north.
21:5 Then everyone will know that I am the
Lord, who drew my sword from its sheath – it will not be sheathed again!’
Ezekiel 21:9-11
21:9 “Son of man, prophesy and say: ‘This is what the Lord says:
“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened,
and also polished.
21:10 It is sharpened for slaughter,
it is polished to flash like lightning!
“‘Should we rejoice in the scepter of my son? No! The sword despises every tree!
21:11 “‘He gave it to be polished,
to be grasped in the hand –
the sword is sharpened, it is polished –
giving it into the hand of the executioner.