10 Therefore (A)fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. (B)And I will execute judgments on you, (C)and any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds. 11 Therefore, (D)as I live, declares the Lord God, surely, (E)because you have defiled my sanctuary (F)with all your detestable things and with all your (G)abominations, (H)therefore I will withdraw.[a] (I)My eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. 12 (J)A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; (K)a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; (L)and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:11 Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down

10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(A) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(B) 11 Therefore as surely as I live,(C) declares the Sovereign(D) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(E) with all your vile images(F) and detestable practices,(G) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(H) 12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(I) and pursue with drawn sword.(J)

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