“And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, even thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard. Then take thee balances to weigh and divide thy hair.”
Ezekiel 5
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1"As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as a barber's razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.
2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
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3But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.
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4Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.
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5This is what the Lord GOD says: 'This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
“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”
“thus says the Lord God, this is Jerusalem. I have set her in the center of the nations with the countries round about her”
6But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes worse than the countries around her. For her people have rejected My ordinances and have not walked in My statutes.'
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7Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'You have been more insubordinate than the nations around you; you have not walked in My statutes or kept My ordinances, nor have you even conformed to the ordinances of the nations around you.'
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8Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I Myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God behold I even I am against thee and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of all the nations”
“thus says the Lord God behold I even I am against you and I will execute Judgments among you in the light in the sight of the nations”
9Because of all your abominations, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.
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10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.'
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11Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you.
“Wherefore as I live, saith the Lord God, surely because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all these detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee, neither shall mine eyes spare, neither…”
12A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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13And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.
“Thus shall my 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 on them.”
14I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.
“Moreover, I will make thee waste and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee in the sight of all that passed by”
“I will make you a desolation. I'll make you a reproach among the nations which surround you in the sight of all who pass by,”
15So you will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.
“so it shall be a reproach and a taunt and 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”
16When I shower you with the deadly arrows of famine and destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of food.
“when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of my famine which shall be for their destruction when I Which I will send to destroy you and will increase the famine upon you and break your staff of bread.”
17I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken."
“I will send famine and wild beasts against you. They will rob you of your children. Pestilence and blood shall pass through you and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord, I have spoken.”
“So will I send upon you famine and evil beast and they shall be read thee and Pestilence and blood shall pass through thee and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the Lord have spoken it”