14 “And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands together.Let the sword strike twice, even three times!It is a sword for slaughter,a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.
15 So hearts melt with fear and many stumble.At all their gates I have stationed the sword for slaughter.Ah! It is made to flash, it is drawn for slaughter!
16 Cut sharply on the right!Swing to the left, wherever your edge is appointed to strike.
17 I too will clap my hands together,I will exhaust my rage;I the Lord have spoken.”
18 The word of the Lord came to me:
19 “You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.
20 Mark out the routes for the sword to take: “Rabbah of the Ammonites” and “Judah with Jerusalem in it.”