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## Ezekiel 21:12-13 in Context (Verses 9–16 KJV)
 
 [9 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/9) Son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD; Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also furbished:
 
 [10 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/10) It is sharpened to make a sore slaughter; it is furbished that it may glitter: should we then make mirth? it contemneth the rod of my son, *as* every tree.*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/11) And he hath 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.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/12) Cry and howl, son of man: for it shall be upon my people, it *shall be* upon all the princes of Israel: terrors by reason of the sword shall be upon my people: smite therefore upon *thy* thigh.*
 
 [13 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/13) Because *it is* a trial, and what if *the sword* contemn even the rod? it shall be no *more*, saith the Lord GOD.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/14) Thou therefore, son of man, prophesy, and smite *thine* hands together, and let the sword be doubled the third time, the sword of the slain: it *is* the sword of the great *men that are* slain, which entereth into their privy chambers.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/15) I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, that *their* heart may faint, and *their* ruins be multiplied: ah! *it is* made bright, *it is* wrapped up for the slaughter.**
 
 [16 ](/kjv/ezekiel/21/16) Go thee one way or other, *either* on the right hand, *or* on the left, whithersoever thy face *is* set.*
 
[Ezekiel 20](/kjv/ezekiel/20) [Ezekiel 22](/kjv/ezekiel/22)

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