⁴ Because I am going to cut off the righteous and the wicked, my sword^(A) will be unsheathed against everyone from south to north.^{(B) 5} Then all people will know that I the Lord have drawn my sword^(C) from its sheath; it will not return^(D) again.’^(E)

⁶ “Therefore groan, son of man! Groan before them with broken heart and bitter grief.^(F)