“Son of man, give the people this message from the Lord: A sword, a sword is being sharpened and polished. It is sharpened for terrible slaughter and polished to flash like lightning!
Now will you laugh? Those far stronger than you have fallen beneath its power! Yes, the sword is now being sharpened and polished; it is being prepared for the executioner.
For the word of God is alive and powerful. It is sharper than the sharpest two-edged sword, cutting between soul and spirit, between joint and marrow. It exposes our innermost thoughts and desires.
Nothing in all creation is hidden from God. Everything is naked and exposed before His eyes, and He is the one to whom we are accountable.”
{Ezekiel 21:9-11; Hebrews 4:12-13}