Verse 12
Ezekiel 5:12
New Living Translation
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A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword.
Original Language Text
hebrew
שְׁלִשִׁתֵ֞/יךְ בַּ/דֶּ֣בֶר יָמ֗וּתוּ וּ/בָֽ/רָעָב֙ יִכְל֣וּ בְ/תוֹכֵ֔/ךְ וְ/הַ֨/שְּׁלִשִׁ֔ית בַּ/חֶ֖רֶב יִפְּל֣וּ סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִ/ךְ וְ/הַ/שְּׁלִישִׁית֙ לְ/כָל ר֣וּחַ אֱזָרֶ֔ה וְ/חֶ֖רֶב אָרִ֥יק אַחֲרֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
A third of your people will die by pestilence, and a third will be consumed in your midst by famine, and a third will fall by the sword around you, and a third will be scattered to every wind, and the sword will pursue them.
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