15 that their hearts may melt, and many stumble.¹ At all their gates I have given the glittering sword. Ah, it is made like lightning; ^tit is taken up² for slaughter.

28 “And you, ^mson of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God ⁿconcerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, ^oA sword, a sword ^pis drawn for the slaughter. ^oIt is polished to consume and to flash like lightning—