5. But I said, “Ah! Lord God, they are saying about me, ‘Is not this the one who is forever spinning parables?’”
6. Then the word of the Lord came to me:
7. Son of man, turn your face toward Jerusalem: preach against its sanctuary, prophesy against the land of Israel.
8. Say to the land of Israel: Thus says the Lord: See! I am coming against you; I will draw my sword from its scabbard and cut off from you the righteous and the wicked.