Verse 12

Ezekiel 5:12

New Living Translation

12 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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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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... Focus ↗
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...
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 ↗
Verse Information
Book
Ezekiel
Chapter
Chapter 5 (17 verses)
Version
New Living Translation
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