1 et tu fili hominis sume tibi gladium acutum radentem pilos
adsumes eum et duces per caput tuum et per barbam tuam
et adsumes tibi stateram ponderis et divides eos
2 tertiam partem igni conbures in medio civitatis
iuxta conpletionem dierum obsidionis
et adsumens tertiam partem concides gladio in
circuitu eius
tertiam vero aliam disperges in ventum
et gladium nudabo post eos
3 et sumes inde parvum numerum
et ligabis eos in summitate pallii tui
4 et ex eis rursum tolles et proicies in medio ignis
et conbures eos igni
ex eo egredietur ignis in omnem domum Israhel
5 haec dicit Dominus Deus ista est Hierusalem
in medio gentium posui eam et in circuitu eius terras
6 et contempsit iudicia mea ut plus esset impia quam gentes
et praecepta mea ultra quam terrae quae in circuitu eius sunt
iudicia enim mea proiecerunt
et in praeceptis meis non ambulaverunt
7 idcirco haec dicit Dominus Deus
quia superastis gentes quae in circuitu vestro sunt
in praeceptis meis non ambulastis et iudicia mea non fecistis
et iuxta iudicia gentium quae in circuitu vestro sunt non estis operati
8 ideo haec dicit Dominus Deus ecce ego ad te
et ipse ego faciam in medio tui iudicia in oculis gentium
9 et faciam in te quae non feci
et quibus similia ultra non faciam
propter omnes abominationes tuas
10 ideo patres comedent filios in medio tui
et filii comedent patres suos
et faciam in te iudicia
et ventilabo universas reliquias tuas in omnem ventum
11 idcirco vivo ego dicit Dominus Deus
nisi pro eo quod sanctum meum violasti
in omnibus offensionibus tuis
et in omnibus abominationibus tuis
ego quoque confringam et non parcet oculus meus et non miserebor
12 tertia tui pars peste morietur et fame consumetur in
medio tui
et tertia tui pars gladio cadet in circuitu tuo
tertiam vero partem tuam in omnem ventum dispergam
et gladium evaginabo post eos
13 et conpleam furorem meum
et requiescere faciam indignationem meam in eis
et consolabor et scient quia ego Dominus locutus sum in zelo meo
cum implevero indignationem meam in eis
14 et dabo te in desertum et in obprobrium in gentibus
quae in circuitu tuo sunt
in conspectu omnis praetereuntis
15 et eris obprobrium et blasphemia exemplum et stupor in gentibus
quae in circuitu tuo sunt
cum fecero in te iudicia
in furore et in indignatione et in increpationibus irae
16 ego Dominus locutus sum
quando misero sagittas famis pessimas in eos
quae erunt mortiferae et quas mittam ut disperdam vos
et famem congregabo super vos
et conteram vobis baculum panis
17 et inmittam in vos famem et bestias pessimas usque ad internicionem
et pestilentia et sanguis transibunt per te
et gladium inducam super te
ego Dominus locutus sum
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 . 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. 3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 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.
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. 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. 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; 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. 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. 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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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 . 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: 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 .