Chapter 5

And thou, son of man, take³ thee a sharp knife, take⁴ thee a barber's razor, and cause [it] to pass⁵² upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take¹ thee balances to weigh, and divide¹⁴ the [hair].

Thou shalt burn⁵⁵ with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled:² and thou shalt take¹ a third part, [and] smite⁵⁵ about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter⁴ in the wind; and I will draw out⁵⁵ a sword after them.

Thou shalt also take¹ thereof a few in number, and bind¹ them in thy skirts.

Then take⁴ of them again, and cast⁵² them into the midst of the fire, and burn¹ them in the fire; [for] thereof shall a fire come forth⁴ into all the house of Israel.

Thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; This [is] Jerusalem: I have set¹ it in the midst of the nations and countries [that are] round about her.

And she hath changed⁵⁵ my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that [are] round about her: for they have refused¹ my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked¹ in them.

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied² more than the nations that [are] round about you, [and] have not walked¹ in my statutes, neither have kept¹ my judgments, neither have done¹ according to the judgments of the nations that [are] round about you;

Therefore thus saith¹ the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, [am] against thee, and will execute¹ judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

And I will do¹ in thee that which I have not done,¹ and whereunto I will not do⁴ any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

Therefore the fathers shall eat⁴ the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat⁴ their fathers; and I will execute¹ judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter¹⁴ into all the winds.

Wherefore, [as] I live, saith⁷ the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled¹⁴ my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish⁴ [thee]; neither shall mine eye spare,⁴ neither will I have any pity.⁴

A third part of thee shall die⁴ with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed⁴ in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall⁴ by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter¹⁷ a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out⁵⁵ a sword after them.

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished,¹ and I will cause my fury to rest⁵² upon them, and I will be comforted:⁹⁸ and they shall know¹ that I the LORD have spoken¹⁴ [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished¹⁵ my fury in them.

Moreover I will make⁴ thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that [are] round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.⁶

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 execute² judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken¹⁴ [it].

When I shall send¹⁵ upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send¹⁷ to destroy¹⁵ you: and I will increase⁵⁵ the famine upon you, and will break¹ your staff of bread:

So will I send¹⁴ upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave¹⁴ thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass⁴ through thee; and I will bring⁵⁵ the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken¹⁴ [it].