Verse 1

Ezekiel 5:1

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife that shaveth the hair: and cause it to pass over thy head, and over thy beard: and take thee a balance to weigh in, 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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife that shaveth the hair: and cause it to pass over thy h...
2 A third part thou shalt burn with fire in the midst of the city, according to the fulfilling of the... Focus ↗
3 And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak. Focus ↗
4 And thou shalt take of them again, and shalt cast them in the midst of the fire, and shalt burn them... Focus ↗
5 Thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): This is Jerusalem, I have set her in the midst of the nations, and... Focus ↗
6 And she hath despised my judgments, so as to be more wicked than the Gentiles; and my commandments,... Focus ↗
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Because you have surpassed the Gentiles that are round a... Focus ↗
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God (Elohim): Behold I come against thee, and I myself will execute ju... Focus ↗
9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done: and the like to which I will do no more, because o... Focus ↗
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers:... Focus ↗
11 Therefore as I live, saith the Lord God (Elohim) : Because thou hast violated my sanctuary with all... Focus ↗
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and shall be consumed with famine in the midst o... Focus ↗
13 And I will accomplish my fury, and will cause my indignation to rest upon them, and I will be comfor... Focus ↗
14 And I will make thee desolate, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the si... Focus ↗
15 And thou shalt be a reproach, and a scoff, an example, and an astonishment amongst the nations that... Focus ↗
16 I the Lord have spoken it: When I shall send upon them the grievous arrows of famine, which shall br... Focus ↗
17 And I will send in upon you famine, and evil beasts unto utter destruction: and pestilence, and bloo... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Ezekiel
Chapter
Chapter 5 (17 verses)
Version
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
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