Ezekiel 21:26-28

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁶ thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban, and take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are; exalt that which is low, and abase that which is high. ²⁷ A ruin, ruin, ruin I will make it; there shall not be even a trace^[a] of it until he comes whose right it is; and to him I will give it.

²⁸ “And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter, it is polished to glitter^[b] and to flash like lightning—