1. The word of Adonai came to me saying:
2. “Son of man, set your face toward Teman and proclaim to the South. Prophesy against the brush land of the Negev.
3. Say to the brush land of the South: ‘Hear the word of Adonai!’ Thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I will kindle a fire in you. It will devour every moist tree in you and every dry tree. Its leaping flame will not be extinguished. All faces from the south to the north will be scorched by it.
4. All flesh will see that I, Adonai, have kindled it; it will not be extinguished.’”
5. Then I said, “Ah, Adonai! They say of me. ‘Isn’t he just speaking in parables?’”
6. Then the word of Adonai came to me saying:
7. “Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and proclaim to the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel.
8. Say to the land of Israel, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you. I will draw My sword from its sheath. I will cut off the righteous and the wicked from you.