1. The word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuary. Prophesy against the land of Israel
3. and say to her: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.
4. Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.
5. Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword from its sheath; it will not return again.’
6. “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.