Ezekiel 21:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

The Drawn Sword of God

21 ^[a] The word of the Lord came to me: ² Mortal, set your face towards Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel ³ and say to the land of Israel, Thus says the Lord: I am coming against you, and will draw my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off from you both righteous and wicked.