Ezekiel 24:19-21

New Century Version

¹⁹ Then the people asked me, “Tell us, what do the things you are doing mean for us?”

²⁰ Then I said to them, “The Lord spoke his word to me. He said, ²¹ ‘Say to the people of Israel, This is what the Lord God says: I am going to dishonor my Temple. You think it gives you strength. You are proud of it, and you look at it with love and tenderness. But your sons and daughters that you left behind in Jerusalem will fall dead by the sword.