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Ezekiel 5
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 (5:1-4) God tells Ezekiel to shave his head and beard,
divide the cut hair into thirds, burn one portion, smite the second portion
about with a knife, and scatter the third in the wind, except for a few strands that Ezekiel is supposed to put in his skirt and then burn later in a fire.
(5:1) "Son of man, take thee a sharp knife ... and cause it to pass upon thine head
and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair."
(5:2) "Thou shalt burn with fire a third part ... and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife:
and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind."
(5:3) "Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts."
(5:4) "Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire."
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| 5:1
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.
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| 5:2
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.
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| 5:3
Thou shalt also take
thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
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| 5:4
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.
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| 5:5
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.
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| 5:6
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. |
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| 5:7
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; |
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| 5:8
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. |
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| 5:9
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. |
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| 5:10
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. |
 (5:10) "The fathers shall eat the sons ... and the sons shall eat their fathers."
God will force fathers to eat their sons and the sons to eat their fathers.
What the Bible says about cannibalism
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| 5:11
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. |
(5:11-17) God will slaughter
everyone by killing one third with plagues, one third with famines, and one third
with wars. If any somehow survive, he'll send "evil beasts" to devour
them. Finally, after he's done killing, he "will be comforted."
(5:11) "Neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I
have any pity."
(5:13) "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 LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them."
(5:14) "Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by."
(5:15) "So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when
I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes."
(5:16) "When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you:
and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread."
(5:17) "So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee;
and I will bring the sword upon thee."
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| 5:12
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.
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| 5:13
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 LORD have spoken it in
my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.
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| 5:14
Moreover I will make
thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in
the sight of all that pass by.
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| 5:15
So it shall be a
reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations
that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in
anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it. |
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| 5:16
When I shall send upon
them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and
which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you,
and will break your staff of bread: |
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| 5:17
So will I send upon you
famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and
blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I
the LORD have spoken it.
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