4 Since I will cut off(a) both the righteous and the wicked, My sword will therefore come out of its sheath against everyone from the south to the north.(A) 5 So all the people will know that I, Yahweh, have taken My sword from its sheath—it will not be sheathed again.(B)

Footnotes:

a. Ezekiel 21:4: Lit off from you

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