Ezekiel:5:1-17
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And thou ,
son of man ,
take thee a sharp knife ,
take thee a barbers razor ta #
ar #,
and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard :
then take thee balances to weigh ,
and divide the hair .
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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 .
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Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number ,
and bind them in thy skirts .
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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 Yisra #
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
This is Jerusalem :
I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her .
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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 .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord 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 ;
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
am against thee ,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations .
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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 tow #
ebah #.
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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 .
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Wherefore ,
as I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ;
Surely ,
because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things ,
and with all thine abominations tow #
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therefore will I also diminish thee ;
neither shall mine eye spare ,
neither will I have any pity .
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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 .
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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 the LORD have spoken it in my zeal qin #
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when I have accomplished my fury in them .
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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 .
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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 LORD have spoken it .
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When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine ra #
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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 :
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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 the LORD have spoken it .