Ezekiel 5 Geneva Bible (1599)
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- Original 16th-century spelling.
1 And thou sonne of man, take thee a sharpe knife, or take thee a barbours rasor and cause it to passe vpon thine head, and vpon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and deuide the heare.
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.
2 Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middes of the citie, when the dayes of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take the other thirde part, and smite about it with a knife, and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I will drawe out a sworde after them.
2 A third part you shall burn in the fire in the middle of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled. You shall take a third part, and strike with the sword around it. A third part you shall scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a fewe in nomber, and binde them in thy lappe.
3 You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe.
4 Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.
4 Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From it a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.
5 Thus saith the Lord God, This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the middes of the nations and countreyes, that are rounde about her.
5 “The Lord Yahweh says: ‘This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the middle of the nations, and countries are around her.
6 And she hath changed my iudgements into wickednes more then the nations, and my statutes more then the countreis, that are round about her: for they haue refused my iudgemets and my statutes, and they haue not walked in them.
6 She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are around her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.’
7 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Because your multitude is greater then the nations that are rounde about you, and ye haue not walked in my statutes, neither haue ye kept my iudgements: no, ye haue not done according to the iudgements of the nations, that are rounde about you,
7 “Therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Because you are more turbulent than the nations that are around you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have followed the ordinances of the nations that are around you;
8 Therefore thus saith the Lord God, Beholde, I, euen I come against thee, and will execute iudgement in the middes of thee, euen in the sight of the nations.
8 therefore the Lord Yahweh says: ‘Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments among you in the sight of the nations.
9 And I will doe in thee, that I neuer did before, neither will do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.
9 I will do in you that which I have not done, and which I will not do anything like it any more, because of all your abominations.
10 For in the middes of thee, the fathers shall eate their sonnes, and the sonnes shall eate their fathers, and I will execute iudgement in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the windes.
10 Therefore the fathers will eat the sons within you, and the sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you; and I will scatter the whole remnant of you to all the winds.
11 Wherefore, as I liue, saith the Lord God, Surely because thou hast defiled my Sanctuarie with all thy filthinesse, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also destroy thee, neither shall mine eye spare thee, neither will I haue any pitie.
11 Therefore as I live,’ says the Lord Yahweh, ‘surely, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you. My eye won’t spare, and I will have no pity.
12 The third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they bee consumed in the middes of thee: and another third part shall fall by the sword round about thee: and I will scatter the last third part into all windes, and I will drawe out a sword after them.
12 A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be consumed with famine within you. A third part will fall by the sword around you. A third part I will scatter to all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.
13 Thus shall mine anger bee accomplished, and I will cause my wrath to cease in them, and I will be comforted: and they shall knowe, that I the Lord haue spoke it in my zeale, when I haue accomplished my wrath in them.
13 “‘Thus my anger will be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I will be comforted. They will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath on them.
14 Moreouer, I will make thee waste, and abhorred among the nations, that are round about thee, and in the sight of all that passe by.
14 “‘Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are around you, in the sight of all that pass by.
15 So thou shalt bee a reproche and shame, a chastisement and an astonishment vnto the nations, that are rounde about thee, when I shall execute iudgements in thee, in anger and in wrath, and in sharpe rebukes: I the Lord haue spoken it.
15 So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, Yahweh, have spoken it—
16 When I shall sende vpon them the euill arrowes of famine, which shalbe for their destruction, and which I will sende to destroy you: and I will encrease the famine vpon you, and wil breake your staffe of bread.
16 when I send on them the evil arrows of famine that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you. I will increase the famine on you and will break your staff of bread.
17 So will I send vpon you famine, and euill beastes, and they shall spoyle thee, and pestilence and blood shall passe through thee, and I will bring the sworde vpon thee: I the Lord haue spoken it.
17 I will send on you famine and evil animals, and they will bereave you. Pestilence and blood will pass through you. I will bring the sword on you. I, Yahweh, have spoken it.’”
Cross references (17)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Isaiah 7:20; Leviticus 21:5; Ezekiel 44:20; Daniel 5:27
- 2 Ezekiel 5:12; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 4:1–8; Jeremiah 9:16
- 3 Jeremiah 52:16; Jeremiah 40:6; Jeremiah 39:10; 1 Peter 4:18; Matthew 7:14
- 4 Jeremiah 48:45; Jeremiah 41:1–18; 2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 52:30
- 5 Ezekiel 4:1; Deuteronomy 4:6; Jeremiah 6:6; Ezekiel 16:14; Micah 5:7
- 6 Jeremiah 11:10; Ezekiel 16:47–48; Zechariah 7:11; 2 Kings 17:8–20; Nehemiah 9:16–17
- 7 Jeremiah 2:10–11; 2 Kings 21:9–11; 2 Chronicles 33:9; Ezekiel 5:11; Ezekiel 16:47–48
- 8 Ezekiel 15:7; Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 21:5; Jeremiah 21:13; Ezekiel 21:3
- 9 Daniel 9:12; Matthew 24:21; Amos 3:2; Lamentations 4:9; Lamentations 4:6
- 10 Zechariah 2:6; Deuteronomy 28:64; Jeremiah 19:9; Ezekiel 12:14; Leviticus 26:29
- 11 Ezekiel 7:20; 2 Chronicles 36:14; Ezekiel 7:4; Ezekiel 8:5–6; Ezekiel 11:18
- 12 Ezekiel 5:2; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 43:10–11; Jeremiah 21:9; Ezekiel 12:14
- 13 Ezekiel 36:5–6; Ezekiel 6:12; Isaiah 1:24; Ezekiel 7:8; Ezekiel 20:21
- 14 Psalm 79:1–4; Psalm 74:3–10; Ezekiel 22:4; Nehemiah 2:17; Lamentations 1:4
- 15 Jeremiah 22:8–9; Ezekiel 25:17; Psalm 79:4; Isaiah 26:9; 1 Kings 9:7
- 16 Ezekiel 4:16; Deuteronomy 32:23–24; Psalm 7:13; Leviticus 26:26; Isaiah 3:1
- 17 Ezekiel 38:22; Leviticus 26:22; 2 Kings 17:25; Ezekiel 14:15; Ezekiel 33:27
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