Eze 21:9-10, 28 | ESV | STEP | Son of man , prophesy and say , Thus says the Lord , say : A sword , a sword is sharpened and also polished ,

a[See ver. 2 above]

Ezekiel 21:9-10

9 ^a“Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say:

^b“A sword, a sword is sharpened
and also polished,
10 ^csharpened for slaughter,
^dpolished to flash like lightning!
(Or ^eshall we rejoice? You have despised the rod, my son, ^fwith everything of wood.) ^{▼▼Probable reading; Hebrew The rod of my son despises everything of wood}

Ezekiel 21:28

28 “And you, ^hson of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God ⁱconcerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, ^jA sword, a sword ^kis drawn for the slaughter. ^lIt is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—