Verse 1

Ezekiel 5:1

American Standard Version

1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; [as] a barber`s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee 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.
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 sword; [as] a barber`s razor shalt thou take it unto thee, a...
2 A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fu... Focus ↗
3 And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. Focus ↗
4 And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the f... Focus ↗
5 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and coun... Focus ↗
6 And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against... Focus ↗
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round... Focus ↗
8 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgme... Focus ↗
9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, bec... Focus ↗
10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers;... Focus ↗
11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with al... Focus ↗
12 A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the mi... Focus ↗
13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be... Focus ↗
14 Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, i... Focus ↗
15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, unto the nations that are... Focus ↗
16 when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send t... Focus ↗
17 and I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blo... Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Ezekiel
Chapter
Chapter 5 (17 verses)
Version
American Standard Version
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