And the word of יהוה came to me, saying:

Son of man, set your face toward Teman, and prophesy against the south, and prophesy to the forest of the field of Negeb.

And say to the forest of Negeb, Hear the word of יהוה. Thus says Adonai יהוה, Behold, I will kindle a fire in you, and it will devour every green tree in you, and every dry tree. The flame will not be quenched, and all faces from south to north will be scorched by it.

And all flesh will see that I, יהוה, have kindled it. It will not be quenched.

And I said, Ah, Adonai יהוה! They say to me, Is he not a speaker of parables?

And the word of יהוה came to me, saying:

Son of man, set your face toward Yerushalayim, and prophesy against the holy places, and prophesy to the land of Yisra'el.

And say to the land of Yisra'el, Thus says יהוה, Behold, I am against you, and I will draw my sword from its sheath, and I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.

Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore my sword will go out from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

And all flesh will know that I, יהוה, have drawn my sword from its sheath. It will not return again.

And you, son of man, groan with the breaking of your loins, and with bitterness groan before their eyes.

And it will be, when they say to you, Why do you groan? that you will say, Because of a report that is coming, and every heart will melt, and all hands will be weak, and every spirit will be darkened, and all knees will run with water. Behold, it is coming, and it will be, says Adonai יהוה.

And the word of יהוה came to me, saying:

Son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says Adonai. Say, A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

Sharpened to slaughter a slaughter, polished to be like lightning. Shall we rejoice? The rod of my son despises every tree.

And he gave it to be polished, to be grasped by the hand. It is a sharpened sword, and it is polished, to be put into the hand of the slayer.

Cry out and wail, son of man, for it is against my people, it is against all the princes of Yisra'el. They are delivered to the sword with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

For a test, and what if even the rod of rejection does not exist? says Adonai יהוה.

And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands, and the sword will be doubled, a third time, a sword of the slain. It is a sword of the great slain, which pierces them.

So that hearts may melt, and the stumbling blocks be multiplied at all their gates. I have set the point of the sword, brother, made like lightning, adorned for slaughter.

Gather yourself to the right, set yourself to the left, wherever your face is directed.

And I also will clap my hands, and I will cause my fury to rest. I, יהוה, have spoken.

And the word of יהוה came to me, saying:

And you, son of man, set for yourself two roads, for the sword of the king of Bavel to come. From one land they will both come, and a sign at the head of the road to the city, a sign.

Set a road to come to the sword against Rabbah of the sons of Ammon, and against Yehudah in Yerushalayim, in the fortified place.

For the king of Bavel stood at the crossroads, at the head of the two roads, to practice divination. He shook arrows, he consulted teraphim, he looked at the liver.

In his right hand was the divination for Yerushalayim, to set battering rams, to open the mouth for slaughter, to lift up the voice with a war cry, to set battering rams against the gates, to pour out a rampart, to build a siege wall.

And it will be for them like false divination in their eyes, their oaths are for them. And he is remembering iniquity, to be captured.

Therefore, thus says Adonai יהוה, Because you have remembered your iniquities, by the uncovering of your transgressions, by your sins being revealed in all your deeds, because you have been remembered by the hand, you will be captured.

And you, profane and wicked one, prince of Yisra'el, whose day has come, at the time of the iniquity of the end.

Thus says Adonai יהוה, Remove the turban, and take off the crown. This will not be the same. Humble the exalted, and exalt the humble.

A ruin, a ruin, a ruin I will make it. This also will not be, until he comes to whom the judgment belongs, and I will give it.

And you, son of man, prophesy and say, Thus says Adonai יהוה concerning the sons of Ammon and their reproach. And say, A sword, a sword, drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, for the sake of flashing.

While you see false visions, while you practice false divination, to put you upon the necks of the slain wicked, whose day has come, at the time of the iniquity of the end.

Return to your sheath. In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.

And I will pour out my fury upon you; I will blow upon you with the fire of my anger, and I will give you into the hand of men who burn, craftsmen of destruction.

You will be for food to the fire; your blood will be in the midst of the land. You will not be remembered, for I, יהוה, have spoken.