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Chapter 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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
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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. |
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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.
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| 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. |
