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Default use cell text in lookup function

i would like to use the text values in cells as the sheet name reference in a
lookup function

on sheet 1 we have the following data in each cell
a2 = 5
b2 = 'sheet2 (text)
c2 = 'a1:a10 (text)
d2= CONCATENATE(b2,c2) (text)

i would like to replace the formula =lookup(a2,sheet2!a1:a10,sheet2!c1:c10)
with the formula that uses the values in cells b2 and c2
=lookup(a2,d2,sheet2!c1:c10)

What am i missing in order to make this possible?
 
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