Ezekiel 21:1-5

The Prophecy of Yahweh’s Sword

¹And the word of Yahweh came to me, saying, 2 “Son of man, ^aset your face toward Jerusalem and ^bspeak, dripping out words against the sanctuaries and prophesy against the land of Israel 3 and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, ^aI am against you; and I will bring out My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the ^brighteous and the wicked. 4 Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go out from its sheath against ^aall flesh from south to north. 5 Thus all flesh will know that I, Yahweh, have brought out My sword from its sheath. It will ^anot return to its sheath again.”’