Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
And the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,
And the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
The word of Yahweh came to me, saying,
And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
The second word of judgment: the glittering and destroying sword. The passage may be called the "Lay of the Sword;" it is written in the form of Hebrew poetry, with its characteristic parallelism.