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bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
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Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my
soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth
of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15
Then he said
unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread
therewith.
16
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in
Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure,
and with astonishment:
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That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another,
and consume away for their iniquity.
CHAPTER 5
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause
it
to pass upon
thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the
hair.
2
Thou shalt
burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou
shalt take a third part,
and
smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind;
and I will draw out a sword after them.
3
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind
them in thy skirts.
4
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn
them in the fire;
for
thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
5
Thus saith the Lord GOD; This
is
Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and
countries
that are
round about her.
6
And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more
than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that
are
round about her: for they have
refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.
7
Therefore thus saith the
Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that
are
round about you,
and
have not
walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments
of the nations that
are
round about you;
8
Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I,
am
against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.
9
And
I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because
of all thine abominations.
10
Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the
sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee
will I scatter into all the winds.
11
Wherefore,
as
I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou
hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore
will I also diminish
thee;
neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.
12
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in
the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee and I will scatter a third
part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.
13
Thus shall mine anger be
accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall
know that I the L
ORD
have spoken
it
in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
14
Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that
are
round about thee,
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