11. “‘The sword is made to glisten,to be held and brandished.It’s sharpened and polished,ready to be brandished by the killer.’
12. “Yell out and wail, son of man.The sword is against my people!The princes of Israeland my people—abandoned to the sword!Wring your hands!Tear out your hair!
13. “‘Testing comes.Why have you despised discipline?You can’t get around it.Decree of God, the Master.’
23. “To the Judah leaders, who themselves have sworn oaths, it will seem like a false divination, but he will remind them of their guilt, and so they’ll be captured.
24. “So this is what God, the Master, says: ‘Because your sin is now out in the open so everyone can see what you’ve been doing, you’ll be taken captive.