Ezekiel 35

1 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have brought you into the land of Israel, into the land for which I lifted up my hand to give it to your fathers. 2 And there you shall remember your ways, and all your wicked doings with which you have been defiled; and you shall be displeased with yourselves in your own sight, for all your wicked deeds which you committed. 3 And you shall know that I am the Lord, when I shall have done well by you for my own name’s sake, and not according to your evil ways, nor according to your wicked deeds, O house of Israel, saith the Lord God. 4 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 5 Son of man, set thy face against the way of the south, and drop towards the south, and prophesy against the forest of the south field. 6 And say to the south forest: Hear the word of the Lord: Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I will kindle a fire in thee, and will burn in thee every green tree, and every dry tree: the flame of the fire shall not be quenched: and every face shall be burned in it, from the south even to the north. 7 And all flesh shall see, that I the Lord have kindled it, and it shall not be quenched. 8 And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God: they say of me: Doth not this man speak by parables? 10 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 11 Son of man, set thy face toward Jerusalem, and let thy speech flow towards the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel: 12 And say to the land of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God: Behold I come against thee, and I will draw forth my sword out of its sheath, and will cut off in thee the just, and the wicked. 13 And forasmuch as I have cut off in thee the just and the wicked, therefore shall my sword go forth out of its sheath against all flesh, from the south even to the north. 14 That all flesh may know that I the Lord have drawn my sword out of its sheath not to be turned back. 15 And thou, son of man, mourn with the breaking of thy loins, and with bitterness sigh before them.