Ezekiel 21:4-6

Easy-to-Read Version

⁴ I will cut off both good people and evil people from you. I will pull my sword from its sheath and use it against all people from south to north. ⁵ Then everyone will know that I am the Lord. They will know that I have pulled my sword from its sheath. My sword will not go back into its sheath again until it is finished.’

⁶ “Son of man, make sad sounds like a sad person with a broken heart. Make these sad sounds in front of the people.