1. And the word of the Lord came to me, saying:
2. Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,
3. and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: I am against you, and will draw My sword from its sheath, and will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.
4. Seeing then that I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword shall be drawn from its sheath against all flesh from the south to the north,
5. that all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn forth My sword from its sheath. It shall not return anymore.
6. As for you, son of man, groan with breaking heart and bitter grief, groan before their eyes.
7. It shall be when they say to you, “Why do you groan?” that you shall answer, “Because of the news that is coming. And every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water. It comes and shall be brought to pass,” says the Lord God.