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1. "Now, human, take a sharp sword, and use it like a barber's razor to shave your head and beard. Then take scales and weigh and divide the hair.
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1. And thou H859 , son H1121 of man H120 , take H3947 thee a sharp H2299 knife H2719 , take H3947 thee a barber H1532 's razor H8593 , and cause it to pass H5674 upon H5921 thine head H7218 and upon H5921 thy beard H2206 : then take H3947 thee balances H3976 to weigh H4948 , and divide H2505 the hair .
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2. Burn one-third with fire in the middle of the city when the days of the attack on Jerusalem are over. Then take one-third and cut it up with the knife all around the city. And scatter one-third to the wind. This is how I will chase them with a sword.
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2. Thou shalt burn H1197 with fire H217 a third part H7992 in the midst H8432 of the city H5892 , when the days H3117 of the siege H4692 are fulfilled H4390 : and thou shalt take H3947 H853 a third part H7992 , and smite H5221 about H5439 it with a knife H2719 : and a third part H7992 thou shalt scatter H2219 in the wind H7307 ; and I will draw out H7324 a sword H2719 after H310 them.
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3. Also take a few of these hairs and tie them in the folds of your clothes.
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3. Thou shalt also take H3947 thereof H4480 H8033 a few H4592 in number H4557 , and bind H6696 them in thy skirts H3671 .
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4. Take a few more and throw them into the fire and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the people of Israel.
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4. Then take H3947 of H4480 them again H5750 , and cast H7993 them into H413 the midst H8432 of the fire H784 , and burn H8313 them in the fire H784 ; for thereof H4480 shall a fire H784 come forth H3318 into H413 all H3605 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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5. "This is what the Lord God says: This is Jerusalem. I have put her at the center of the nations with countries all around her.
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5. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; This H2063 is Jerusalem H3389 : I have set H7760 it in the midst H8432 of the nations H1471 and countries H776 that are round about H5439 her.
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6. But she has refused to obey my laws and has been more evil than the nations. She has refused to obey my rules, even more than nations around her. The people of Jerusalem have rejected my laws and have not lived by my rules.
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6. And she hath changed H4784 H853 my judgments H4941 into wickedness H7564 more than H4480 the nations H1471 , and my statutes H2708 more than H4480 the countries H776 that H834 are round about H5439 her: for H3588 they have refused H3988 my judgments H4941 and my statutes H2708 , they have not H3808 walked H1980 in them.
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7. "So this is what the Lord God says: You have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You have not followed my rules or obeyed my laws. You have not even obeyed the laws of the nations around you.
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7. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Because H3282 ye multiplied H1995 more than H4480 the nations H1471 that H834 are round about H5439 you, and have not H3808 walked H1980 in my statutes H2708 , neither H3808 have kept H6213 my judgments H4941 , neither H3808 have done H6213 according to the judgments H4941 of the nations H1471 that H834 are round about H5439 you;
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8. "So this is what the Lord God says: I myself am against you, and I will punish you as the nations watch.
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8. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Behold H2009 , I, even H1571 I H589 , am against H5921 thee , and will execute H6213 judgments H4941 in the midst H8432 of thee in the sight H5869 of the nations H1471 .
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9. I will do things among you that I have not done before and that I will never do anything like again, because you do the things I hate.
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9. And I will do H6213 in thee H853 that which H834 I have not H3808 done H6213 , and whereunto H834 I will not H3808 do H6213 any more H5750 the like H3644 , because of H3282 all H3605 thine abominations H8441 .
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10. So parents among you will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and will scatter to the winds all who are left alive.
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10. Therefore H3651 the fathers H1 shall eat H398 the sons H1121 in the midst H8432 of thee , and the sons H1121 shall eat H398 their fathers H1 ; and I will execute H6213 judgments H8201 in thee , and H853 the whole H3605 remnant H7611 of thee will I scatter H2219 into all H3605 the winds H7307 .
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11. So the Lord God says: You have made my Temple unclean with all your evil idols and the hateful things you do. Because of this, as surely as I live, I will cut you off. I will have no pity, and I will show no mercy.
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11. Wherefore H3651 , as I H589 live H2416 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; Surely H518 H3808 , because H3282 thou hast defiled H2930 H853 my sanctuary H4720 with all H3605 thy detestable things H8251 , and with all H3605 thine abominations H8441 , therefore H1571 will I H589 also diminish H1639 thee ; neither H3808 shall mine eye H5869 spare H2347 , neither H3808 will I H589 have any pity H2550 .
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12. A third of you will die by disease or be destroyed by hunger inside your walls. A third will fall dead by the sword outside your walls. And a third I will scatter in every direction as I chase them with a sword.
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12. A third part H7992 of thee shall die H4191 with the pestilence H1698 , and with famine H7458 shall they be consumed H3615 in the midst H8432 of thee : and a third part H7992 shall fall H5307 by the sword H2719 round about H5439 thee ; and I will scatter H2219 a third part H7992 into all H3605 the winds H7307 , and I will draw out H7324 a sword H2719 after H310 them.
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13. Then my anger will come to an end. I will use it up against them, and then I will be satisfied. Then they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken. After I have carried out my anger against them, they will know how strongly I felt.
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13. Thus shall mine anger H639 be accomplished H3615 , and I will cause my fury H2534 to rest H5117 upon them , and I will be comforted H5162 : and they shall know H3045 that H3588 I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it in my zeal H7068 , when I have accomplished H3615 my fury H2534 in them.
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14. "I will make you a ruin and a shame among the nations around you, to be seen by all who pass by.
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14. Moreover I will make H5414 thee waste H2723 , and a reproach H2781 among the nations H1471 that H834 are round about H5439 thee , in the sight H5869 of all H3605 that pass by H5674 .
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15. Then the nations around you will shame you and make fun of you. You will be a warning and a terror to them. This will happen when I punish you in my great anger. I, the Lord, have spoken.
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15. So it shall be H1961 a reproach H2781 and a taunt H1422 , an instruction H4148 and an astonishment H4923 unto the nations H1471 that H834 are round about H5439 thee , when I shall execute H6213 judgments H8201 in thee in anger H639 and in fury H2534 and in furious H2534 rebukes H8433 . I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it .
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16. I will send a time of hunger to destroy you, and then I will make your hunger get even worse, and I will cut off your supply of food.
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16. When I shall send H7971 upon them the H853 evil H7451 arrows H2671 of famine H7458 , which H834 shall be H1961 for their destruction H4889 , and which H834 I will send H7971 H853 to destroy H7843 you : and I will increase H3254 the famine H7458 upon H5921 you , and will break H7665 your staff H4294 of bread H3899 :
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17. I will send a time of hunger and wild animals against you, and they will kill your children. Disease and death will sweep through your people, and I will bring the sword against you to kill you. I, the Lord, have spoken."
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17. So will I send H7971 upon H5921 you famine H7458 and evil H7451 beasts H2416 , and they shall bereave H7921 thee ; and pestilence H1698 and blood H1818 shall pass H5674 through thee ; and I will bring H935 the sword H2719 upon H5921 thee. I H589 the LORD H3068 have spoken H1696 it .
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