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Inahit ni Ezekiel ang Kanyang Buhok at Balbas

Sinabi sa akin ng Diyos, “Ezekiel, anak ng tao, kumuha ka ng isang matalim na tabak at ahitin mo ang iyong buhok at balbas. Pagkatapos, timbangin mo iyon at pagtatluhing bahagi. Sunugin mo sa gitna ng lunsod ang unang bahagi matapos itong kubkubin. Ang ikalawang bahagi ay tadtarin mo habang naglalakad ka sa buong lunsod. Ihagis mo naman sa hangin ang ikatlong bahagi at pasusundan ko ng tabak. Kumuha ka ng ilang hibla ng buhok at itali mo sa laylayan ng iyong kasuotan. Kapag naitali mo na, kumuha ka pa ng ilang hibla at sunugin mo. Ang apoy nito ay kakalat at susunog sa buong Israel.”

Sinabi ng Panginoong Yahweh, “Ang lunsod ng Jerusalem ay ginawa kong pinakasentro ng mga bansa. Ngunit nilabag niya ang aking Kautusan at mga tuntunin. Nagpakasama siya nang higit pa sa mga bansa sa kanyang paligid. Tinalikuran nga niya ang aking Kautusan at iniwan ang aking mga tuntunin. Kaya, ganito ang sabihin mo sa kanila: Dahil sa kaguluhan mong higit pa sa bansa sa inyong paligid, sa pagtalikod ng mamamayan mo sa aking mga tuntunin at Kautusan, at sa inyong paglakad ayon sa tuntunin ng mga bansang iyon, ako ay laban sa inyo ngayon. Paparusahan ko kayo sa harapan ng inyong mga kaaway. At dahil sa inyong kasamaan, gagawin ko sa inyo ang isang bagay na hindi ko pa ginagawa at hindi ko na gagawin pa. 10 Kakainin(A) ng magulang ang kanilang mga sariling anak, at ng mga anak ang kanilang mga sariling magulang. Paparusahan ko nga kayo, at ang matirang buháy ay pangangalatin ko sa lahat ng dako. 11 Kayong lahat ay buong lupit kong ibabagsak dahil sa inyong kasamaan at paglapastangan sa aking Templo sa pamamagitan ng kasuklam-suklam ninyong gawain. 12 Hahatiin ko kayo sa tatlo. Ang unang bahagi ay papatayin ko sa salot at sa matinding taggutom. Ang ikalawa'y sa pamamagitan ng tabak. Ang ikatlo'y ikakalat ko sa lahat ng dako, at patuloy kong uusigin.

13 “Ibubuhos ko sa inyo ang aking poot hanggang sa gumaan ang aking loob. Kung madama ninyo ang bigat ng aking parusa, makikilala ninyo na akong si Yahweh ay marunong mapoot dahil sa matinding panibugho. 14 Gagawin ko kayong isang pook ng lagim, at katatawanan ng lahat ng bansa sa paligid, ng lahat ng makakakita sa inyo. 15 Mabibilad kayo sa kahihiyan at lilibakin. Magsisilbi kayong babala sa mga bansa sa inyong paligid sa sandaling ipataw ko sa inyo ang mabigat na parusa bunga ng matinding poot ko sa inyo. Akong si Yahweh ang nagsabi nito. 16 Mangyayari ito sa sandaling padalhan ko kayo ng matinding taggutom at iba't ibang kahirapan. 17 Padadalhan(B) ko kayo ng taggutom at mababangis na hayop na siyang lalapa sa inyong mga anak. Makakaranas kayo ng salot at digmaan; hahayaan ko rin kayong usigin. Akong si Yahweh ang maysabi nito.”

Jerusalem’s Desolation Foretold

“As for you, son of man, take a (A)sharp sword; take and [a]use it as a barber’s razor on your head and beard. Then take (B)scales for weighing and divide [b]the hair. A third you shall burn in the fire at the center of the city, when the (C)days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take a third and strike it with the sword all around [c]the city, and a third you shall scatter to the wind; for I will (D)unsheathe a sword behind them. Take also a few hairs in number from [d]them and bind them in the hems of your robes. Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will [e]spread to all the house of Israel.

“This is what the Lord [f]God says: ‘This is (E)Jerusalem; I have placed her at the (F)center of the nations, with lands around her. But she has rebelled against My ordinances more wickedly than the nations, and against My statutes (G)more than the lands which surround her; for they have (H)rejected My ordinances and have not walked [g]in My statutes.’ Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Because you have (I)more turmoil than the nations that surround you and have not walked in My statutes, nor executed My ordinances, nor acted in accordance with the ordinances of the nations around you,’ therefore, this is what the Lord God says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am (J)against you, and I will (K)execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. And because of all your abominations I will do among you what I have (L)not done, and the like of which I will never do again. 10 Therefore, (M)fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and (N)scatter all your remnant to every wind. 11 Therefore as I live,’ declares the Lord God, ‘Because you have (O)defiled My sanctuary with all your (P)detestable idols and with all your abominations, I definitely will also withdraw and My eye will have no pity, and I also will not spare. 12 A third of you will die by (Q)plague or perish by famine among you, a third will fall by the sword around you, and a third I will (R)scatter to every wind, and I will (S)unsheathe a sword behind them.

13 ‘Then My anger will be spent and I will satisfy My wrath on them, and I will be (T)appeased; then they will know that I, the Lord, have (U)spoken in My zeal, when I have spent My wrath upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you a site of ruins and a (V)disgrace among the nations that surround you, in the sight of everyone who passes by. 15 So [h]it will be a disgrace, an object of abuse, a (W)warning, and an object of horror to the nations that surround you when I (X)execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging reprimands. I, the Lord, have spoken. 16 When I send against them the [i]deadly arrows of famine which [j]were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break off your [k]provision of bread. 17 (Y)I will send on you famine and vicious animals, and they will bereave you of children; (Z)plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, the Lord, have spoken.’”

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:1 Lit pass it over your head
  2. Ezekiel 5:1 Lit them
  3. Ezekiel 5:2 Lit it
  4. Ezekiel 5:3 Lit there
  5. Ezekiel 5:4 Lit go out
  6. Ezekiel 5:5 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  7. Ezekiel 5:6 Lit in them, My statutes
  8. Ezekiel 5:15 Ancient versions you
  9. Ezekiel 5:16 Lit evil
  10. Ezekiel 5:16 Or are for destruction, which I will send
  11. Ezekiel 5:16 Lit staff

God’s Razor of Judgment

“Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor(A) to shave(B) your head and your beard.(C) Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair. When the days of your siege come to an end, burn(D) a third(E) of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind.(F) For I will pursue them with drawn sword.(G) But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.(H) Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire(I) and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.

“This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.(J) Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.(K)

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even[a] conformed to the standards of the nations around you.(L)

“Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations.(M) Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again.(N) 10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(O) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(P) 11 Therefore as surely as I live,(Q) declares the Sovereign(R) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(S) with all your vile images(T) and detestable practices,(U) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(V) 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(W) and pursue with drawn sword.(X)

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

14 “I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.(AB) 15 You will be a reproach(AC) and a taunt, a warning(AD) 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.(AE) I the Lord have spoken.(AF) 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.(AG) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(AH) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(AI) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(AJ)

Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:7 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac You have