Ezekiel 21:7-9

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁷ And when they say to you, ‘Why do you moan?’ you shall say, ‘Because of the news that has come. Every heart will fail and all hands will be feeble, every spirit will faint and all knees will turn to water. See, it comes and it will be fulfilled,’ says the Lord God.

⁸ And the word of the Lord came to me: ⁹ Mortal, prophesy and say: Thus says the Lord; Say: