"As for you, son of man
, take
a asharp
sword
; take
and 1use
it as a barber's
razor
on your head
and beard
. Then take
bscales
for weighing
and divide
2the hair.
"One third
you shall burn
in the fire
at the center
of the city
, when the adays
of the siege
are completed
. Then you shall take
one
third
and strike
it with the sword
all
around
1the city, and one
third
you shall scatter
to the wind
; and I will bunsheathe
a sword
behind
them.
"Take also a few
in number
from 1them and bind
them in the edges
of your robes.
"Take again
some
of them and throw
them into the fire
and burn
them in the fire
; from it a fire
will 1spread
to all
the house
of Israel
.
"Thus says
the Lord
1GOD
, `This
is aJerusalem
; I have set
her at the bcenter
of the nations
, with lands
around
her.
`But she has rebelled against
My ordinances
more
wickedly
than
the nations
and against
My statutes
amore
than
the lands
which
surround
her; for they have brejected
My ordinances
and have not walked
1in My statutes
.'
"Therefore, thus
says
the Lord
GOD
, `Because
you have amore
turmoil
than
the nations
which
surround
you and have not walked
in My statutes
, nor
observed
My ordinances
, nor
observed
the ordinances
of the nations
which
surround
you,'
therefore, thus
says
the Lord
GOD
, `Behold
, I, even
I, am aagainst
you, and I will bexecute
judgments
among
you in the sight
of the nations
.
`And because of all
your abominations
, I will do
among you what
I have anot done
, and the like
of which
I will never
do
again
.
`Therefore, afathers
will eat
their sons
among
you, and sons
will eat
their fathers
; for I will execute
judgments
on you and bscatter
all
your remnant
to every
wind
.
`So as I live
,' declares
the Lord
GOD
, `surely
, because
you have adefiled
My sanctuary
with all
your bdetestable
idols
and with all
your abominations
, therefore I will also
withdraw
, and My eye
will have
no
pity
and I will not spare
.
`One third
of you will die
by aplague
or be consumed
by famine
among
you, one
third
will fall
by the sword
around
you, and one
third
I will bscatter
to every
wind
, and I will cunsheathe
a sword
behind
them.
`Thus My anger will be spent
and I will 1satisfy
My wrath
on them, and I will be 2 aappeased
; then they will know
that I, the LORD
, have bspoken
in My zeal
when I have spent
My wrath
upon them.
`Moreover, I will make you a desolation
and a areproach
among the nations
which
surround
you, in the sight
of all
who pass
by.
`So 1it will be a reproach, a reviling
, a awarning
and an object
of horror
to the nations
who
surround
you when I bexecute
judgments
against you in anger
, wrath
and raging
rebukes
. I, the LORD
, have spoken
.
`When I send against them the 1deadly
arrows
of famine
which
2were for the destruction
of those whom
I will send
to destroy
you, then I will also intensify
the famine
upon you and break
the staff
of bread
.
`Moreover, aI will send on you famine
and wild
beasts
, and they will bereave
you of children
; bplague
and bloodshed
also will pass
through you, and I will bring
the sword
on you. I, the LORD
, have spoken
.' "