³ and say to the land of Israel, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, ^(A)I am against you; and I will draw My sword out of its sheath and cut off from you the ^(B)righteous and the wicked. ⁴ Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against ^(C)all flesh from south to north. ⁵ Thus all flesh will know that I, the Lord, have drawn My sword out of its sheath. It will ^(D)not return to its sheath again.”’