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Ezekiel 5 |
1 |
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a
barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy
beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the
hair. |
2 |
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the
city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt
take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third
part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword
after them. |
3 |
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them
in thy skirts. |
4 |
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the
fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come
forth into all the house of Israel. |
5 |
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in
the midst of the nations and countries that are round about
her. |
6 |
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than
the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are
round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my
statutes, they have not walked in them. |
7 |
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more
than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in
my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done
according to the judgments of the nations that are round about
you; |
8 |
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am
against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in
the sight of the nations. |
9 |
And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and
whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine
abominations. |
10 |
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of
thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute
judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter
into all the winds. |
11 |
Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because
thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things,
and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish
thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any
pity. |
12 |
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with
famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third
part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter
a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword
after them. |
13 |
Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my
fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall
know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have
accomplished my fury in them. |
14 |
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the
nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass
by. |
15 |
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an
astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I
shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in
furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. |
16 |
When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which
shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy
you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your
staff of bread: |
17 |
So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they
shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through
thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have
spoken it. |