14 Therefore, son of man, prophesyand clap your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three.It is a sword for massacre,a sword for great massacre —it surrounds them!
15 I have appointed a sword for slaughter at all their gates,so that their hearts may meltand many may stumble.Yes! It is ready to flash like lightning; it is drawn for slaughter.
16 Slash to the right;turn to the left —wherever your blade is directed.
17 I also will clap My hands together,and I will satisfy My wrath. I, Yahweh, have spoken.”
18 Then the word of the Lord came to me:
19 “Now you, son of man, mark out two roads that the sword of Babylon’s king can take. Both of them should originate from the same land. And make a signpost at the fork in the road to each city.
20 Mark out a road that the sword can take to Rabbah of the Ammonites and to Judah into fortified Jerusalem.