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.
