Ezekiel 5:4-6

International Standard Version

⁴ Then you are to take a few strands, throw them in the fire, and incinerate them. A fire will proceed to the house of Israel from there.”

Jerusalem’s Desolation Predicted

⁵ “This is what the Lord God says, ‘This is Jerusalem. I placed her in the center of nations, with many^[a] nations surrounding her. ⁶ But she rebelled against my ordinances and my statutes. She practiced more evil than all the nations and territories around her. They rejected my ordinances and didn’t live by^[b] my statutes.’