“And you, son of man, appoint for yourself two ways for the sword of the sovereign of Baḇ
“See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the reigns, to root out and to pull down, to destroy and to overthrow, to build and to plant.”
“And He has given it to be polished, to be taken by the hand. This sword is sharpened and polished, to be given into the hand of the slayer.
“I have set the point of the sword against all their gates, to melt the heart and that the overthrown be many. Ah! It is made like lightning, keen for slaughter.
And the word of יהוה came to me again, saying,
“And see, I shall smite My hand because of your greedy gain which you have made, and at the bloodshed which has been in your midst.
the Baḇ
‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “Strike with your hand and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, because of all the evil abominations of the house of Yisra’ĕ