1. The word of the Lord came to me again:
2. “Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel,
3. and say to it: This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off both the righteous and the wicked from you.
4. Since I will cut off both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.
5. So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath — it will not be sheathed again.