Harness the horses; mount, O horsemen! Take your stations with your helmets, polish your spears, put on your armor!

"Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says the Lord, say: "A sword, a sword is sharpened and also polished,

So the sword is given to be polished, that it may be grasped in the hand. It is sharpened and polished to be given into the hand of the slayer.

"And you, son of man, prophesy, and say, Thus says the Lord GODconcerning the Ammonites and concerning their reproach; say, A sword, a sword is drawn for the slaughter. It is polished to consume and to flash like lightning--