Verse 1
Ezekiel 5:1
New Living Translation
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“Son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a razor to shave your head and beard. Use a scale to weigh the hair into three equal parts.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אַתָּ֨ה בֶן אָדָ֜ם קַח לְ/ךָ֣ חֶ֣רֶב חַדָּ֗ה תַּ֤עַר הַ/גַּלָּבִים֙ תִּקָּחֶ֣/נָּה לָּ֔/ךְ וְ/הַעֲבַרְתָּ֥ עַל רֹאשְׁ/ךָ֖ וְ/עַל זְקָנֶ֑/ךָ וְ/לָקַחְתָּ֥ לְ/ךָ֛ מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִשְׁקָ֖ל וְ/חִלַּקְתָּֽ/ם
English Translation
And you, son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword, a barber's razor, you shall take for yourself, and you shall pass it on your head and on your beard, and you shall take for yourself balances of weight and you shall divide them.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
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“Son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a razor to shave your head and beard. Use a scale to w...
2
Place a third of it at the center of your map of Jerusalem. After acting out the siege, burn it ther...
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3
Keep just a bit of the hair and tie it up in your robe.
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4
Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then sp...
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5
“This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is an illustration of what will happen to Jerusalem. I p...
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6
but she has rebelled against my regulations and decrees and has been even more wicked than the surro...
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7
“Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You people have behaved worse than your neighbors...
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8
Therefore, I myself, the Sovereign LORD, am now your enemy. I will punish you publicly while all the...
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9
Because of your detestable idols, I will punish you like I have never punished anyone before or ever...
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10
Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scat...
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11
“As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pit...
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12
A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaught...
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13
Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subs...
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14
“So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pas...
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15
You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the natio...
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16
“I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will become more and...
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17
And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and wa...
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