Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

5 “And you, ^(A)O son of man, take a ^(B)sharp sword. Use it as ^(C)a barber's razor and ^(D)pass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair.

^20 (A)They shall not shave their heads or ^(B)let their locks grow long; they shall surely trim the hair of their heads.

²⁰ In that day ^(A)the Lord will ^(B)shave with a razor that is ^(C)hired beyond ^(D)the River^[a]—with the king of Assyria—the head and the hair of the feet, and it will sweep away the beard also.

^5 (A)They shall not make bald patches on their heads, nor shave off the edges of their beards, nor make any cuts on their body.

²⁷ Tekel, ^(A)you have been weighed^[a] in the balances and found wanting;