John Gill Commentary Ezekiel 21:28

"And thou, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning the children of Ammon, and concerning their reproach; and say thou, A sword, a sword is drawn, for the slaughter it is furbished, to cause it to devour, that it may be as lightning;" — Ezekiel 21:28 (ASV)

And you, son of man, prophesy, and say
Here begins a new prophecy, or rather an enlargement on part of the former; two ways being marked out for the sword of the Chaldeans to come in; the one leading to Jerusalem, the other to Rabbath of the Ammonites; the prophecy being finished concerning the former, here an account is given of the latter; how the sword should move that way, and what execution it would do.

Thus says the Lord God concerning the Ammonites, and concerning their
reproach ;
Nebuchadnezzar, agreeably to the above prophecy, having taken his route to Jerusalem, as his divination directed him, and destroyed that, returned to Babylon, without making any attempt upon the Ammonites; which so flushed them, that they insulted the Jews, and laughed at their destruction, as if their God whom they served could not save them; attributing their safety and prosperity to the idols they worshipped; see (Ezekiel 25:1–7) (Zephaniah 2:8–10) .

Even say you, the sword, the sword is drawn for the slaughter ;
the same sword of the Chaldeans, which was drawn for the slaughter of the Jews, is now drawn for the slaughter of the Ammonites; and which is repeated for the certainty of it, and to inject terror; and this, as Josephus ^F21 says, was accomplished five years after the destruction of Jerusalem, in the twenty third year of Nebuchadnezzar.

It is furbished, to consume because of the glittering; being brightened
and made sharp ,
it not only terrified with its glittering, but was more fit and prepared to cut and destroy; see (Ezekiel 21:9Ezekiel 21:10) .

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FOOTNOTES:

• F21: Antiqu. Jud. l. 10. c. 9. sect. 7.