1 And 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 say to the land of Israel, 'Thus says the Lord, "Behold, I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
4 Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.
5 Thus all flesh will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again."'
6 As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan in their sight.