Eze 21:3-5 | NASB2020 | STEP | and say to the land of Israel , ‘ This is what the Lord says : “ Behold , I am against you; and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked .

f 1 Sam 3:12; Jer 23:20; Ezek 21:30; Nah 1:9

Ezekiel 21:3-5

3 and say to the land of Israel, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, ^aI am against you; and I will draw 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 ^{▼▼Lit all flesh
,} ^dhumanity from south to north. 5 So ^{▼▼Lit all flesh}humanity will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword from its sheath. It will ^fnot return to its sheath again.”’