Ezekiel 21:1-5

11The Lord gave this message to me:

2‘Son of man, look towards Jerusalem. Speak about the things in my holy place that are wrong. Speak my message to warn the people of Israel.

3Say to them, “This is what the Lord says: I am now your enemy. I will take my sword in my hand. I will use it to kill both righteous people and wicked people.

4I will remove righteous people and wicked people from among you. So I will use my sword to attack everyone in the land, from the north to the south.

5Then all the people will know that I am the Lord. I am the one who is punishing them with my sword. And I will not put it back in its place.”