Verse 1
Ezekiel 5:1
World English Bible, British Edition
1
“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor
to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh
and divide the hair.
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.
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Chapter 5 Context
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“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor
to yourself, and shall c...
2
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the days of the siege are fu...
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3
You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your
robe.
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4
Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the middle of the fire,
and burn them in the fire....
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5
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of the nations, and countries a...
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6
She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the
nations, and against my sta...
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7
“Therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you are more turbulent than
the nations that are around you,...
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therefore the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I
will execute judgements among...
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9
I will do in you that which I have not done, and which I will not do anything
like it any more, beca...
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10
Therefore the fathers will eat the sons within you, and the sons will
eat their fathers. I will exec...
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11
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12
A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be consumed
with famine within you....
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13
“‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath
towards them to rest, and I will be...
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14
“‘Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach amongst
the nations that are around you, in t...
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15
So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment,
to the nations that are ar...
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16
when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction,
which I will send to destroy...
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