Ezekiel 5:5-17
Legacy Standard Bible
5 “Thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘This is (A)Jerusalem; I have set her at the (B)center of the nations, with lands all around her. 6 But she has rebelled against My judgments more wickedly than the nations and against My statutes (C)more than the lands which are all around her; for they have (D)rejected My judgments and have not walked [a]in My statutes.’ 7 Therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Because you have (E)more turmoil than the nations which are all around you and have not walked in My statutes, nor done My judgments, nor done the judgments of the nations which are all around you,’ 8 therefore, thus says Lord Yahweh, ‘Behold, I, even I, am (F)against you, and I will (G)execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations. 9 And I will do among you what I have (H)not done and the like of which I will never do again because of all your abominations. 10 Therefore, (I)fathers will eat their sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and (J)scatter all your remnant to every wind. 11 So as I live,’ declares Lord Yahweh, ‘surely, because you have (K)defiled My sanctuary with all your (L)detestable idols and with all your abominations, therefore I will also withdraw, and My eye will have no pity, and I will not spare. 12 One-third of you will die by the (M)plague or be consumed by the famine among you, one-third will fall by the sword around you, and one-third I will (N)scatter to every wind, and I will (O)unsheathe a sword behind them.
13 ‘Thus My anger will be spent, and I will cause My wrath against them to be at rest, and I will be [b](P)appeased; then they will know that I, Yahweh, have (Q)spoken in My zeal when I have spent My wrath upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you a [c]ruin and a (R)reproach among the nations which are all around you, in the sight of all who pass by. 15 So [d]it will be a reproach, a reviling, a (S)chastisement, and a desecration to the nations who are all around you when I (T)execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and wrathful reproofs. I, Yahweh, have spoken. 16 When I send against them the [e]deadly arrows of famine which [f]were for the destruction of those whom I will send to destroy you, then I will also intensify the famine upon you and break the staff of bread. 17 Moreover, (U)I will send on you famine and wild beasts, and they will bereave you of children; (V)plague and bloodshed also will pass through you, and I will bring the sword on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken.’”
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- Ezekiel 5:6 Lit in them, My statutes
- Ezekiel 5:13 Lit comforted
- Ezekiel 5:14 Or waste place
- Ezekiel 5:15 Ancient versions you
- Ezekiel 5:16 Lit evil
- Ezekiel 5:16 Or are for destruction, which I will send
Ezekiel 5:5-17
American Standard Version
5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her. 6 And she hath [a]rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them. 7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you; 8 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations. 9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations. 10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also [b]diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity. 12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee; and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to [c]rest, and I shall be comforted: and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them. 14 Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by. 15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes (I, Jehovah, have spoken it); 16 when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. And I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread; 17 and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee: I, Jehovah, have spoken it.
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- Ezekiel 5:6 Or, changed mine ordinances into wickedness
- Ezekiel 5:11 Or, withdraw mine eye that it shall not spare Another reading is, hew thee down.
- Ezekiel 5:13 Or, cease
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