1 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2 "Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and pour in drops toward the sanctuaries, and prophesy against the soil of Israel.
3 And you shall say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, and I will cast my sword from its sheath, and I will slay the just and the impious among you.
4 But in as much as I have slain among you the just and the impious, for this reason my sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north.
5 So may all flesh know that I, the Lord, have led my sword out of its sheath irrevocably.
6 And as for you, son of man, groan in the breaking of your back, and groan in bitterness before them.