Verse 5

Ezekiel 5:5

New Living Translation

5 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is an illustration of what will happen to Jerusalem. I placed her at the center of the nations,

Original Language Text

hebrew

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ אֲדֹנָ֣/י יְהֹוִ֔ה זֹ֚את יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּ/ת֥וֹךְ הַ/גּוֹיִ֖ם שַׂמְתִּ֑י/הָ וּ/סְבִיבוֹתֶ֖י/הָ אֲרָצֽוֹת

English Translation

Thus says my Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations and the countries all around her.

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Chapter 5 Context

1 “Son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a razor to shave your head and beard. Use a scale to w... Focus ↗

2 Place a third of it at the center of your map of Jerusalem. After acting out the siege, burn it ther... Focus ↗

3 Keep just a bit of the hair and tie it up in your robe. Focus ↗

4 Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then sp... Focus ↗

5 “This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is an illustration of what will happen to Jerusalem. I p...

6 but she has rebelled against my regulations and decrees and has been even more wicked than the surro... Focus ↗

7 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You people have behaved worse than your neighbors... Focus ↗

8 Therefore, I myself, the Sovereign LORD, am now your enemy. I will punish you publicly while all the... Focus ↗

9 Because of your detestable idols, I will punish you like I have never punished anyone before or ever... Focus ↗

10 Parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I will punish you and scat... Focus ↗

11 “As surely as I live, says the Sovereign LORD, I will cut you off completely. I will show you no pit... Focus ↗

12 A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaught... Focus ↗

13 Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subs... Focus ↗

14 “So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pas... Focus ↗

15 You will become an object of mockery and taunting and horror. You will be a warning to all the natio... Focus ↗

16 “I will shower you with the deadly arrows of famine to destroy you. The famine will become more and... Focus ↗

17 And along with the famine, wild animals will attack you and rob you of your children. Disease and wa... Focus ↗

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