5 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. 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. 3 Thou
shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 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 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. 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. 7 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; 8 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.
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. 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. 11 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, therefore
will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I
have any pity. 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. 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 the LORD have
spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them. 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. 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 LORD have spoken
it. 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: 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 the LORD have spoken it.