American Standard Version - King James Version

 5:1 ¶ And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; [as] a barber's razor shalt thou take it unto thee, and shalt cause it to pass upon thy head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

 5:1 ¶ And thou,º sonº of man,º takeºº thee a sharpº knife,º takeºº thee a barber'sº razor,º and cause [it] to passºº uponº thine headº and uponº thy beard:º then takeºº thee balancesº to weigh,º and divideºº the [hair].

 5:2 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.

 5:2 Thou shalt burnºº with fireº a third partº in the midstº of the city,º when the daysº of the siegeº are fulfilled:ºº and thou shalt takeººº a third part,º [and] smiteºº aboutº it with a knife:º and a third partº thou shalt scatterºº in the wind;º and I will draw outºº a swordº afterº them.

 5:3 And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

 5:3 Thou shalt also takeºº thereofºº a fewº in number,º and bindºº them in thy skirts.º

 5:4 And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

 5:4 Then takeº ofº them again,ººº and castºº them intoº the midstº of the fire,º and burnºº them in the fire;º [for] thereofº shall a fireº come forthºº intoº allº the houseº of Israel.º

 5:5 ¶ Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.

 5:5 ¶ Thusº saithºº the Lordº GOD;º Thisº [is] Jerusalem:º I have setºº it in the midstº of the nationsº and countriesº [that are] round aboutº her.

 5:6 And she hath rebelled against mine ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected mine ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.

 5:6 And she hath changedººº my judgmentsº into wickednessº more thanº the nations,º and my statutesº more thanº the countriesº thatº [are] round aboutº her: forº they have refusedºº my judgmentsº and my statutes,º they have notº walkedºº in them.

 5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Because ye are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept mine ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;

 5:7 Thereforeº thusº saithºº the Lordº GOD;º Becauseº ye multipliedºº more thanº the nationsº thatº [are] round aboutº you, [and] have notº walkedºº in my statutes,º neitherº have keptºº my judgments,º neitherº have doneºº according to the judgmentsº of the nationsº thatº [are] round aboutº you;

 5:8 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I, even I, am against thee; and I will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

 5:8 Thereforeº thusº saithºº the Lordº GOD;º Behold,º I, evenº I,º [am] againstº thee, and will executeºº judgmentsº in the midstº of thee in the sightº of the nations.º

 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.

 5:9 And I will doºº in theeº that whichº I have notº done,ºº and whereuntoº I will notº doºº any moreº the like,º becauseº ofº allº thine abominations.º

 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 on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds.

 5:10 Thereforeº the fathersº shall eatºº the sonsº in the midstº of thee, and the sonsº shall eatºº their fathers;º and I will executeºº judgmentsº in thee, andº the wholeº remnantº of thee will I scatterºº into allº the winds.º

 5:11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, 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, and I also will have no pity.

 5:11 Wherefore,º [as] Iº live,º saithºº the Lordº GOD;º Surely,ºº becauseº thou hast defiledººº my sanctuaryº with allº thy detestable things,º and with allº thine abominations,º thereforeº will Iº also diminishºº [thee]; neitherº shall mine eyeº spare,ºº neitherº will Iº have any pity.ºº

 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 a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.

 5:12 ¶ A third partº of thee shall dieºº with the pestilence,º and with famineº shall they be consumedºº in the midstº of thee: and a third partº shall fallºº by the swordº round aboutº thee; and I will scatterºº a third partº into allº the winds,º and I will draw outºº a swordº afterº them.

 5:13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my wrath toward them to rest, and I shall be comforted; and they shall know that I, Jehovah, have spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my wrath upon them.

 5:13 Thus shall mine angerº be accomplished,ºº and I will cause my furyº to restºº upon them, and I will be comforted:ºº and they shall knowºº thatº Iº the LORDº have spokenºº [it] in my zeal,º when I have accomplishedºº my furyº in them.

 5:14 Moreover I will make thee a desolation and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

 5:14 Moreover I will makeºº thee waste,º and a reproachº among the nationsº thatº [are] round aboutº thee, in the sightº of allº that pass by.ºº

 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 on thee in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes; (I, Jehovah, have spoken it;)

 5:15 So it shall beº a reproachº and a taunt,º an instructionº and an astonishmentº unto the nationsº thatº [are] round aboutº thee, when I shall executeºº judgmentsº in thee in angerº and in furyº and in furiousº rebukes.º Iº the LORDº have spokenºº [it].

 5:16 when I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, that are for destruction, which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread;

 5:16 When I shall sendºº upon them theº evilº arrowsº of famine,º whichº shall beº for [their] destruction,º [and] whichº I will sendººº to destroyºº you: and I will increaseºº the famineº uponº you, and will breakºº your staffº of bread:º

 5:17 and I will 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, Jehovah, have spoken it.

 5:17 So will I sendºº uponº you famineº and evilº beasts,º and they shall bereaveºº thee; and pestilenceº and bloodº shall passº throughºº thee; and I will bringºº the swordº uponº thee. Iº the LORDº have spokenºº [it].