Ezekiel 21:1-5 ▼

1 The word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 |Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the land of Israel;

3 and tell the land of Israel, 'Thus says the LORD: |Look, I am against you, and will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

4 Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh from the Negev to the north:

5 and all flesh shall know that I, the LORD, have drawn forth my sword out of its sheath; it shall not return any more.|'