Ezekiel 5:8-13

Living Bible

⁸ Therefore the Lord God says: “I, even I, am against you and will punish you publicly while all the nations watch. ⁹ Because of the terrible sins you have committed, I will punish you more terribly than I have ever done before or ever will again. ¹⁰ Fathers will eat their own sons, and sons will eat their fathers; and those who survive will be scattered into all the world.

¹¹ “For I promise you: Because you have defiled my Temple with idols and evil sacrifices, therefore I will not spare you nor pity you at all. ¹² One-third of you will die from famine and disease; one-third will be slaughtered by the enemy; and one-third I will scatter to the winds, sending the sword of the enemy chasing after you. ¹³ Then at last my anger will be appeased. And all Israel will know that what I threaten I do.