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And thou, son[H1121] of man[H120], take[H3947] thee a sharp[H2299]knife[H2719], take[H3947] thee a barber's razor[H8593], and cause it to pass[H5674] upon thine head[H7218] and upon thy beard[H2206]: then take[H3947] thee balances[H3976] to weigh[H4948], and divide[H2505] the hair.
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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.
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Thou shalt also take[H3947] thereof a few[H4592] in number[H4557], and bind[H6696] them in thy skirts[H3671].
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Then take of them again[H3947], and cast[H7993] them into the midst[H8432] of the fire[H784], and burn[H8313] them in the fire[H784]; for thereof shall a fire[H784] come forth[H3318] into all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; This is Jerusalem[H3389]: I have set[H7760] it in the midst[H8432] of the nations[H1471] and countries[H776] that are round about[H5439] her.
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And she hath changed[H4784] my judgments[H4941] into wickedness[H7564] more than the nations[H1471], and my statutes[H2708] more than the countries[H776] that are round about[H5439] her: for they have refused[H3988] my judgments[H4941] and my statutes[H2708], they have not walked[H1980] in them.
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Because ye multiplied[H1995] more than the nations[H1471] that are round about[H5439] you, and have not walked[H1980] in my statutes[H2708], neither have kept[H6213] my judgments[H4941], neither have done[H6213] according to the judgments[H4941] of the nations[H1471] that are round about[H5439] you;
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Therefore thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute[H6213]judgments[H4941] in the midst[H8432] of thee in the sight[H5869] of the nations[H1471].
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And I will do[H6213] in thee that which I have not done[H6213], and whereunto I will not do[H6213] any more the like, because[H3282] of all thine abominations[H8441].
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Therefore the fathers[H1] shall eat[H398] the sons[H1121] in the midst[H8432] of thee, and the sons[H1121] shall eat[H398] their fathers[H1]; and I will execute[H6213]judgments[H8201] in thee, and the whole remnant[H7611] of thee will I scatter[H2219] into all the winds[H7307].
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Wherefore, as I live[H2416], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; Surely, because thou hast defiled[H2930] my sanctuary[H4720] with all thy detestable things[H8251], and with all thine abominations[H8441], therefore will I also diminish[H1639] thee; neither shall mine eye[H5869]spare[H2347], neither will I have any pity[H2550].
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A third part[H7992] of thee shall die[H4191] with the pestilence[H1698], and with famine[H7458] shall they be consumed[H3615] in the midst[H8432] of thee: and a third part[H7992] shall fall[H5307] by the sword[H2719] round about[H5439] thee; and I will scatter[H2219] a third part[H7992] into all the winds[H7307], and I will draw out[H7324] a sword[H2719]after[H310] them.
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Thus shall mine anger[H639] be accomplished[H3615], and I will cause my fury[H2534] to rest[H5117] upon them, and I will be comforted[H5162]: and they shall know[H3045] that I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it in my zeal[H7068], when I have accomplished[H3615] my fury[H2534] in them.
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Moreover I will make[H5414] thee waste[H2723], and a reproach[H2781] among the nations[H1471] that are round about[H5439] thee, in the sight[H5869] of all that pass by[H5674].
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So it shall be a reproach[H2781] and a taunt[H1422], an instruction[H4148] and an astonishment[H4923] unto the nations[H1471] that are round about[H5439] thee, when I shall execute[H6213]judgments[H8201] in thee in anger[H639] and in fury[H2534] and in furious[H2534]rebukes[H8433]. I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it.
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When I shall send[H7971] upon them the evil[H7451]arrows[H2671] of famine[H7458], which shall be for their destruction[H4889], and which I will send[H7971] to destroy[H7843] you: and I will increase[H3254] the famine[H7458] upon you, and will break[H7665] your staff[H4294] of bread[H3899]:
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So will I send[H7971] upon you famine[H7458] and evil[H7451]beasts[H2416], and they shall bereave[H7921] thee; and pestilence[H1698] and blood[H1818] shall pass through[H5674] thee; and I will bring[H935] the sword[H2719] upon thee. I the LORD[H3068] have spoken[H1696] it.