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Ezekiel 5:2

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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.

Thou shalt burn {H1197} with fire {H217} a third part {H7992} in the midst {H8432} of the city {H5892}, when the days {H3117} of the siege {H4692} are fulfilled {H4390}: and thou shalt take {H3947} a third part {H7992}, and smite {H5221} about {H5439} it with a knife {H2719}: and a third part {H7992} thou shalt scatter {H2219} in the wind {H7307}; and I will draw out {H7324} a sword {H2719} after {H310} them.

A third of it you are to burn in the city when the days of the siege are over. Take another third, and hit it with your sword all around the city. Scatter the last third to the wind, and I will pursue them with drawn sword.

When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.

A third part shalt thou burn in the fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part, and smite with the sword round about it; and a third part thou shalt scatter to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

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  • Ezekiel 5:12 (10 votes)

    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.

  • Leviticus 26:33 (6 votes)

    And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

  • Ezekiel 4:1 (4 votes)

    ¶ Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem:

  • Ezekiel 4:8 (4 votes)

    And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

  • Jeremiah 15:2 (3 votes)

    And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as [are] for death, to death; and such as [are] for the sword, to the sword; and such as [are] for the famine, to the famine; and such as [are] for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • Ezekiel 12:14 (3 votes)

    And I will scatter toward every wind all that [are] about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.

  • Jeremiah 9:16 (3 votes)

    I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.