Ezekiel 21:3-5

Expanded Bible

³ Say to Israel: ‘This is what the Lord says: [^LLook; ^TBehold] I am against you. I will pull my sword out of its ·holder [sheath], and I will cut off from you both the wicked and ·those who do right [the righteous]. ⁴ Because I am going to cut off the wicked and ·those who do right [the righteous], my sword will ·come out from its holder [be unsheathed] and attack all ·people [^Lflesh] from south to north. ⁵ Then all people will know that I, the Lord, have pulled my sword out from its ·holder [sheath]. My sword will not go back in again.’