5:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sword
sharper than a barber's razor; thou shalt procure it for thyself, and shalt
bring it upon thine head, and upon thy beard: and thou shalt take a pair of
scales, and shalt separate the hair.
5:2 A fourth part thou shalt burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at
the fulfillment of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a fourth part,
and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part thou shalt cut with a
sword round about it: and a fourth part thou shalt scatter to the wind; and
I will draw out a sword after them.
5:3 And thou shalt take thence a few in number, and shalt wrap them in the
fold of thy garment.
5:4 And thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the
fire, and burn them up with fire: from thence shall come forth fire; and
thou shalt say to the whole house of Israel,
5:5 Thus saith Yehovah; This is Jerusalem: I have set her and the countries
round about her in the midst of the nations.
5:6 And thou shalt declare mine ordinances to the lawless one from out of
the nations; and my statutes [to the sinful one] of the countries round
about her: because they have rejected mine ordinances, and have not walked
in my statutes.
5:7 Therefore thus saith Yehovah, Because your occasion [for sin has been
taken] from the nations round about you, and ye have not walked in my
statutes, nor kept mine ordinances, nay, ye have not even done according to
the ordinances of the nations round about you; therefore thus saith the
Lord;
5:8 Behold, I am against thee, and I will execute judgement in the midst of
thee in the sight of the nations.
5:9 And I will do in thee things which I have not done, and the like of
which I will not do again, for all thine abominations.
5:10 Therefore the fathers shall eat [their] children in the midst of thee,
and children shall eat [their] fathers; and I will execute judgements in
thee, and I will scatter all that are left of thee to every wind.
5:11 Therefore, [as] I live, saith Yehovah; surely, because thou hast
defiled my holy things with all thine abominations, I also will reject thee;
mine eye shall not spare, land I will have no mercy.
5:12 A fourth part of thee shall be cut off by pestilence, and a fourth part
of thee shall be consumed in the midst of thee with famine: and [as for
another] fourth part of thee, I will scatter them to every wind; and a
fourth part of thee shall fall by sword round about thee, and I will draw
out a sword after them.
5:13 And my wrath and mine anger shall be accomplished upon them: and thou
shalt know that I Yehovah have spoken in my jealousy, when I have
accomplished mine anger upon them.
5:14 And I will make thee desolate, and thy daughters round about thee, in
the sight of every one that passes through.
5:15 And thou shalt be mourned over and miserable among the nations round
about thee, when I have executed judgements in thee in the vengeance of my
wrath. I Yehovah have spoken.
5:16 And when I have sent against them shafts of famine, then they shall be
consumed, and I will break the strength of thy bread.
5:17 So I will send forth against thee famine and evil beasts, and I will
take vengeance upon thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through upon
thee; and I will bring a sword upon thee round about. I Yehovah have
spoken. |
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.
5:2 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.
5:3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy
skirts.
5:4 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.
5:5 Thus saith Yehovah GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst
of the nations and countries that are round about her.
5:6 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.
5:7 Therefore thus saith Yehovah 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;
5:8 Therefore thus saith Yehovah GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
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.
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 into all the winds.
5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith Yehovah 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.
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 I will scatter a third part into all the
winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
5:13 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 Yehovah have
spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
5:14 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.
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 the
Yehovah have spoken it.
5:16 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:
5:17 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 Yehovah have spoken it. |