Holy Scripture
Ezekiel 21:20
A church father on this verse
“(Ver. 23, 24 onwards) Again, I raised my hand against them in the wilderness, to scatter them among the nations and disperse them in the lands, because they had not performed my judgments, and had rejected my commandments, and had violated my Sabbaths, and their eyes had been after the idols (or thoughts) of their fat…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
20and the weak ones be multiplied at every gate—they are given up to the slaughter of the sword: it is well fitted for slaughter, it is well fitted for glittering.
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18and what if even the tribe be rejected? it shall not be, saith the Lord God.
19And thou, son of man, prophesy, and clap thy hands, and take a second sword: the third sword is the sword of the slain, the great sword of the slain: and thou shalt strike them with amazement, lest the heart should faint
— Ezekiel 21:20 —
21And do thou go on, sharpen thyself on the right and on the left whithersoever thy face may set itself.
22And I also will clap my hands, and let loose my fury: I the Lord have spoken it.