Ezekiel 5:1-4
New International Reader's Version
God’s Judgment Will Be Like a Barber’s Razor
5 “Son of man, get a sharp sword. Use it as a barber’s razor. Shave your head and beard with it. Then get a set of scales and weigh the hair. Separate it into three piles. 2 Burn up a third of the hair inside the city. Do this when you stop attacking the model of Jerusalem. Next, get another third of the hair. Strike it with a sword all around the city. Then scatter the last third to the winds. That is because I will chase the people with a sword that is ready to strike them down. 3 But save a few hairs. Tuck them away in the clothes you are wearing. 4 Next, get a few more hairs. Throw them into the fire. Burn them up. The fire will spread to all the people of Israel.”
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