Ezekiel 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.
Context
This verse from Ezekiel Chapter 5 connects to 10 cross-references. A fourth sign act: Ezekiel shaves his head and divides the hair — one third burned, one third struck with a sword around the city, one third scattered to the wind. The few hairs tucked in his garment represent the …
Other Translations
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.
A third part with fire thou dost burn in the midst of the city, at the fulness of the days of the siege; and thou hast taken the third part, thou dost smite with a weapon round about it; and the third part thou dost scatter to the wind, and a weapon I draw out after them.
You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.
Cross References
And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall …
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send …
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And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the …
Thus saith the Lord, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by …
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, …
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till …
A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst …