³ and say to her: ‘This is what the Lord says: I am against you.^(A) I will draw my sword^(B) from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.^{(C) 4} Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword^(D) will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.^(E)

⁹ “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the Lord says:

²⁵ And I will bring the sword^(A) on you to avenge^(B) the breaking of the covenant. When you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague^(C) among you, and you will be given into enemy hands.