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EZEKIEL
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Chapter 5
Ezek JPS 5:1  And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword, as a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard; then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
Ezek JPS 5:2  A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite it with the sword round about her; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek JPS 5:3  Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Ezek JPS 5:4  And of them again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
Ezek JPS 5:5  Thus saith the L-rd GOD: This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
Ezek JPS 5:6  And she hath rebelled against Mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against My statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected Mine ordinances, and as for My statutes, they have not walked in them.
Ezek JPS 5:7  Therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Because ye have outdone the nations that are round about you, in that ye have not walked in My statutes, neither have kept Mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
Ezek JPS 5:8  therefore thus saith the L-rd GOD: Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
Ezek JPS 5:9  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.
Ezek JPS 5:10  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 unto all the winds.
Ezek JPS 5:11  Wherefore, as I live, saith the L-rd 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, and I also will have no pity.
Ezek JPS 5:12  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 a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
Ezek JPS 5:13  Thus shall Mine anger spend itself, and I will satisfy My fury upon them, and I will be eased; and they shall know that I HaShem have spoken in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them.
Ezek JPS 5:14  Moreover I will make thee an amazement and a reproach, among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.
Ezek JPS 5:15  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 HaShem have spoken it;
Ezek JPS 5:16  when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you; and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;
Ezek JPS 5:17  and I will 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 HaShem have spoken it.'