12 (A)A third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; (B)a third part shall fall by the sword all around you; (C)and a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

13 (D)“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that (E)I am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—(F)when I spend my fury upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you (G)a desolation and (H)an object of reproach among (I)the nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You shall be[a] a reproach and a taunt, a warning (J)and a horror, to (K)the nations all around you, (L)when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and (M)with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you[b] (N)the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon (O)you and break your supply[c] of bread. 17 I will send famine and (P)wild beasts against you, (Q)and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and (R)blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:15 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be
  2. Ezekiel 5:16 Hebrew them
  3. Ezekiel 5:16 Hebrew staff

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(A) and pursue with drawn sword.(B)

13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(C) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(D) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(E)

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(F) 15 You will be a reproach(G) and a taunt, a warning(H) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(I) I the Lord have spoken.(J) 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(K) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(L) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(M) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(N)

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