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Ezekiel 5

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¹ “And you,ⓐ O son of man, take aⓑ sharp sword. Use it asⓒ a barber's razor andⓓ pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.

² ⓔ A third part you shall burn in the fireⓕ in the midst of the city,ⓖ when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city.ⓗ And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, andⓘ I will unsheathe the sword after them.

³ ⓙ And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe.

⁴ ⓚ And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

⁵ “Thus says the Lord GOD:ⓛ This is Jerusalem. I have set herⓜ in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.

⁶ And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickednessⓝ more than the nations, and against my statutes more thanⓞ the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes.

⁷ Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you areⓟ more turbulent than the nations that are all around you,ⓠ and have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules,ⓡ and have not[1] even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you,

⁸ therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I,ⓢ am against you.ⓣ And I will execute judgments[2] in your midstⓤ in the sight of the nations.

⁹ And because of all your abominations I will do with youⓥ what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.

¹⁰ Thereforeⓦ fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers.ⓧ And I will execute judgments on you,ⓨ and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.

¹¹ Therefore,ⓩ as I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely,ⓐ because you have defiled my sanctuaryⓑ with all your detestable things and with all yourⓒ abominations,ⓓ therefore I will withdraw.[3] ⓔ My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.

¹² ⓕ A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst;ⓖ a third part shall fall by the sword all around you;ⓗ and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

¹³ ⓘ “Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know thatⓙ I am the LORD — that I have spoken in my jealousy —ⓚ when I spend my fury upon them.

¹⁴ Moreover, I will make youⓛ a desolation andⓜ an object of reproach amongⓝ the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.

¹⁵ You shall be[4] a reproach and a taunt, a warningⓞ and a horror, toⓟ the nations all around you,ⓠ when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, andⓡ with furious rebukes — I am the LORD; I have spoken —

¹⁶ when I send against you[5] ⓢ the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine uponⓣ you and break your supply[6] of bread.

¹⁷ I will send famine andⓤ wild beasts against you,ⓥ and 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.”

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1	“And you,ⓐ O son of man, take aⓑ sharp sword. Use it asⓒ a barber's razor andⓓ pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.
2	ⓔ A third part you shall burn in the fireⓕ in the midst of the city,ⓖ when the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city.ⓗ And a third part you shall scatter to the wind, andⓘ I will unsheathe the sword after them.
3	ⓙ And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe.
4	ⓚ And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.
5	“Thus says the Lord GOD:ⓛ This is Jerusalem. I have set herⓜ in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
6	And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickednessⓝ more than the nations, and against my statutes more thanⓞ the countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes.
7	Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Because you areⓟ more turbulent than the nations that are all around you,ⓠ and have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules,ⓡ and have not[1] even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you,
8	therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, even I,ⓢ am against you.ⓣ And I will execute judgments[2] in your midstⓤ in the sight of the nations.
9	And because of all your abominations I will do with youⓥ what I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again.
10	Thereforeⓦ fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers.ⓧ And I will execute judgments on you,ⓨ and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds.
11	Therefore,ⓩ as I live, declares the Lord GOD, surely,ⓐ because you have defiled my sanctuaryⓑ with all your detestable things and with all yourⓒ abominations,ⓓ therefore I will withdraw.[3] ⓔ My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity.
12	ⓕ A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst;ⓖ a third part shall fall by the sword all around you;ⓗ and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.
13	ⓘ “Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know thatⓙ I am the LORD — that I have spoken in my jealousy —ⓚ when I spend my fury upon them.
14	Moreover, I will make youⓛ a desolation andⓜ an object of reproach amongⓝ the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.
15	You shall be[4] a reproach and a taunt, a warningⓞ and a horror, toⓟ the nations all around you,ⓠ when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, andⓡ with furious rebukes — I am the LORD; I have spoken —
16	when I send against you[5] ⓢ the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine uponⓣ you and break your supply[6] of bread.
17	I will send famine andⓤ wild beasts against you,ⓥ and 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.”

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