Ezekiel 21:8-13

⁸And the word of the LORD came to me: ⁹"Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, Say: A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished, ¹⁰sharpened for slaughter, polished to flash like lightning! Or do we make mirth? You have despised the rod, my son, with everything of wood. ¹¹So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be handled; it is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer. ¹²Cry and wail, son of man, for it is against my people; it is against all the princes of Israel; they are delivered over to the sword with my people. Smite therefore upon your thigh. ¹³For it will not be a testing--what could it do if you despise the rod?" says the Lord GOD.