Because I will cut off both righteous and wicked from you, therefore My sword shall go out of its sheath against all flesh (A)from south to north,

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47 and say to the forest of the South, ‘Hear the word of the Lord! Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, (A)I will kindle a fire in you, and it shall devour (B)every green tree and every dry tree in you; the blazing flame shall not be quenched, and all faces (C)from the south to the north shall be scorched by it.

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“And you, son of man, thus says the Lord God to the land of Israel:

(A)‘An end! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.

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11 ‘Thus says the Lord God: (A)“Pound[a] your fists and stamp your feet, and say, ‘Alas, for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel! (B)For they shall fall by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. 12 He who is far off shall die by the pestilence, he who is near shall fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged shall die by the famine. (C)Thus will I spend My fury upon them. 13 Then you shall know that I am the Lord, when their slain are among their idols all around their altars, (D)on every high hill, (E)on all the mountaintops, (F)under every green tree, and under every thick oak, wherever they offered sweet incense to all their idols. 14 So I will (G)stretch out My hand against them and make the land desolate, yes, more desolate than the wilderness toward (H)Diblah, in all their dwelling places. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.’ ” ’ ”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 6:11 Lit. Strike your hands

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