Ezekiel 21:3-5

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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.^{(A) 4} Because I will cut off from you both righteous and wicked, therefore my sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh from south to north, ⁵ and all flesh shall know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath; it shall not be sheathed again.