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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="ft">  </span><span class="ft">This chapter is an acrostic poem, the verses of which begin with the successive letters of the Hebrew alphabet.</span><span class="ft">  </span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">How the gold has lost its luster,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">the fine gold become dull!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">The sacred gems are scattered</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">at every street corner.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">How the precious children of Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">once worth their weight in gold,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">are now considered as pots of clay,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">the work of a potter&#8217;s hands!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Even jackals offer their breasts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">to nurse their young,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">but my people have become heartless</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">like ostriches in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Because of thirst the infant&#8217;s tongue</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">sticks to the roof of its mouth;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">the children beg for bread,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">but no one gives it to them.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who once ate delicacies</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">are destitute in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">Those brought up in royal purple</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">now lie on ash heaps.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">The punishment of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">is greater than that of Sodom,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">which was overthrown in a moment</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">without a hand turned to help her.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their princes were brighter than snow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">and whiter than milk,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">their bodies more ruddy than rubies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">their appearance like lapis lazuli.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But now they are blacker than soot;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">they are not recognized in the streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">Their skin has shriveled on their bones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">it has become as dry as a stick.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Those killed by the sword are better off</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">than those who die of famine;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">racked with hunger, they waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">for lack of food from the field.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">With their own hands compassionate women</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">have cooked their own children,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">who became their food</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">when my people were destroyed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has given full vent to his wrath;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">he has poured out his fierce anger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">He kindled a fire in Zion</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">that consumed her foundations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">The kings of the earth did not believe,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">nor did any of the peoples of the world,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">that enemies and foes could enter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">the gates of Jerusalem.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">But it happened because of the sins of her prophets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">and the iniquities of her priests,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">who shed within her</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">the blood of the righteous.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Now they grope through the streets</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">as if they were blind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">They are so defiled with blood</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">that no one dares to touch their garments.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go away! You are unclean!&#8221; people cry to them.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Away! Away! Don&#8217;t touch us!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">When they flee and wander about,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">people among the nations say,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;They can stay here no longer.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> himself has scattered them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">he no longer watches over them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">The priests are shown no honor,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">the elders no favor.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Moreover, our eyes failed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">looking in vain for help;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">from our towers we watched</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">for a nation that could not save us.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">People stalked us at every step,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">so we could not walk in our streets.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">Our end was near, our days were numbered,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">for our end had come.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">Our pursuers were swifter</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">than eagles in the sky;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">they chased us over the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">and lay in wait for us in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.4.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">&#8217;s anointed, our very life breath,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">was caught in their traps.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">We thought that under his shadow</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">we would live among the nations.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.4.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Rejoice and be glad, Daughter Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">you who live in the land of Uz.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">But to you also the cup will be passed;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">you will be drunk and stripped naked.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.4.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Your punishment will end, Daughter Zion;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">he will not prolong your exile.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">But he will punish your sin, Daughter Edom,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.4.22"><span class="content">and expose your wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Remember, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, what has happened to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="content">look, and see our disgrace.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="LAM.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="content">our homes to foreigners.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="LAM.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">We have become fatherless,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="content">our mothers are widows.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="LAM.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">We must buy the water we drink;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="content">our wood can be had only at a price.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="LAM.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Those who pursue us are at our heels;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="content">we are weary and find no rest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="LAM.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">We submitted to Egypt and Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="content">to get enough bread.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="LAM.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Our ancestors sinned and are no more,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="content">and we bear their punishment.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="LAM.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Slaves rule over us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="content">and there is no one to free us from their hands.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="LAM.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">We get our bread at the risk of our lives</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="content">because of the sword in the desert.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="LAM.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Our skin is hot as an oven,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="content">feverish from hunger.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="LAM.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Women have been violated in Zion,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="content">and virgins in the towns of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="LAM.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Princes have been hung up by their hands;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="content">elders are shown no respect.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="LAM.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Young men toil at the millstones;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="content">boys stagger under loads of wood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="LAM.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The elders are gone from the city gate;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="content">the young men have stopped their music.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="LAM.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Joy is gone from our hearts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="content">our dancing has turned to mourning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="LAM.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">The crown has fallen from our head.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="content">Woe to us, for we have sinned!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="LAM.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Because of this our hearts are faint,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="content">because of these things our eyes grow dim</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="LAM.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">for Mount Zion, which lies desolate,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="content">with jackals prowling over it.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="LAM.5.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">You, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, reign forever;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="content">your throne endures from generation to generation.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="LAM.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Why do you always forget us?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="content">Why do you forsake us so long?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="LAM.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Restore us to yourself, </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, that we may return;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="content">renew our days as of old</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="LAM.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">unless you have utterly rejected us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="LAM.5.22"><span class="content">and are angry with us beyond measure.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ezekiel&#8217;s Inaugural Vision</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">In my thirtieth year, in the fourth month on the fifth day, while I was among the exiles by the Kebar River, the heavens were opened and I saw visions of God.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.1.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">On the fifth of the month&#8212;it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, by the Kebar River in the land of the Babylonians.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:3 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Chaldeans</span></span></span><span class="content"> There the hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was on him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">I looked, and I saw a windstorm coming out of the north&#8212;an immense cloud with flashing lightning and surrounded by brilliant light. The center of the fire looked like glowing metal, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">but each of them had four faces and four wings. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.1.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Each one went straight ahead. Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.1.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction as the creatures went. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their rims were high and awesome, and all four rims were full of eyes all around.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">When the living creatures moved, the wheels beside them moved; and when the living creatures rose from the ground, the wheels also rose. </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">Wherever the spirit would go, they would go, and the wheels would rise along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.1.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">When the creatures moved, they also moved; when the creatures stood still, they also stood still; and when the creatures rose from the ground, the wheels rose along with them, because the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.1.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.1.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Spread out above the heads of the living creatures was what looked something like a vault, sparkling like crystal, and awesome. </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.1.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">Under the vault their wings were stretched out one toward the other, and each had two wings covering its body. </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.1.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">When the creatures moved, I heard the sound of their wings, like the roar of rushing waters, like the voice of the Almighty,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:24 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="fqa">Shaddai</span></span></span><span class="content"> like the tumult of an army. When they stood still, they lowered their wings.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.1.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.1.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Then there came a voice from above the vault over their heads as they stood with lowered wings. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.1.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">Above the vault over their heads was what looked like a throne of lapis lazuli, and high above on the throne was a figure like that of a man. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.1.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">I saw that from what appeared to be his waist up he looked like glowing metal, as if full of fire, and that from there down he looked like fire; and brilliant light surrounded him. </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.1.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">Like the appearance of a rainbow in the clouds on a rainy day, so was the radiance around him.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="EZK.1.28"><span class="content">This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">. When I saw it, I fell facedown, and I heard the voice of one speaking.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">2</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ezekiel&#8217;s Call to Be a Prophet</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.2.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">He said to me, &#8220;Son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">2:1 </span><span class="ft">The Hebrew phrase <span class="tl">ben adam</span> means </span><span class="fqa">human being. </span><span class="ft">The phrase </span><span class="fqa">son of man </span><span class="ft">is retained as a form of address here and throughout Ezekiel because of its possible association with &#8220;Son of Man&#8221; in the New Testament.</span></span></span><span class="content"> stand up on your feet and I will speak to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.2.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">As he spoke, the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet, and I heard him speaking to me.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.2.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.2.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">He said: &#8220;Son of man, I am sending you to the Israelites, to a rebellious nation that has rebelled against me; they and their ancestors have been in revolt against me to this very day. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.2.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">The people to whom I am sending you are obstinate and stubborn. Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says.&#8217; </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.2.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">And whether they listen or fail to listen&#8212;for they are a rebellious people&#8212;they will know that a prophet has been among them. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.2.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid, though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.2.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">You must speak my words to them, whether they listen or fail to listen, for they are rebellious. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.2.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.2.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.2.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll, </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.2.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and mourning and woe.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">3</div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.3.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.3.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.3.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.3.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.&#8221; So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.3.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.3.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">He then said to me: &#8220;Son of man, go now to the people of Israel and speak my words to them. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.3.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">You are not being sent to a people of obscure speech and strange language, but to the people of Israel&#8212; </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.3.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">not to many peoples of obscure speech and strange language, whose words you cannot understand. Surely if I had sent you to them, they would have listened to you. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.3.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">But the people of Israel are not willing to listen to you because they are not willing to listen to me, for all the Israelites are hardened and obstinate. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.3.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">But I will make you as unyielding and hardened as they are. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.3.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I will make your forehead like the hardest stone, harder than flint. Do not be afraid of them or terrified by them, though they are a rebellious people.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.3.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.3.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, listen carefully and take to heart all the words I speak to you. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.3.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Go now to your people in exile and speak to them. Say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says,&#8217; whether they listen or fail to listen.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.3.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.3.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit lifted me up, and I heard behind me a loud rumbling sound as the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> rose from the place where it was standing.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:12 </span><span class="ft">Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">sound&#8212;may the glory of the <span class="nd">Lord</span> be praised from his place</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.3.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">It was the sound of the wings of the living creatures brushing against each other and the sound of the wheels beside them, a loud rumbling sound. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.3.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The Spirit then lifted me up and took me away, and I went in bitterness and in the anger of my spirit, with the strong hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> on me. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.3.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I came to the exiles who lived at Tel Aviv near the Kebar River. And there, where they were living, I sat among them for seven days&#8212;deeply distressed.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Ezekiel&#8217;s Task as Watchman</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.3.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.3.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">At the end of seven days the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> came to me: </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.3.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">&#8220;Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the people of Israel; so hear the word I speak and give them warning from me. </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="EZK.3.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">When I say to a wicked person, &#8216;You will surely die,&#8217; and you do not warn them or speak out to dissuade them from their evil ways in order to save their life, that wicked person will die for</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">3:18 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">in</span><span class="ft">; also in verses 19 and 20</span></span></span><span class="content"> their sin, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.3.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">But if you do warn the wicked person and they do not turn from their wickedness or from their evil ways, they will die for their sin; but you will have saved yourself.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="EZK.3.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="EZK.3.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Again, when a righteous person turns from their righteousness and does evil, and I put a stumbling block before them, they will die. Since you did not warn them, they will die for their sin. The righteous things that person did will not be remembered, and I will hold you accountable for their blood. </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.3.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">But if you do warn the righteous person not to sin and they do not sin, they will surely live because they took warning, and you will have saved yourself.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="EZK.3.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="EZK.3.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">The hand of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was on me there, and he said to me, &#8220;Get up and go out to the plain, and there I will speak to you.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.3.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">So I got up and went out to the plain. And the glory of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> was standing there, like the glory I had seen by the Kebar River, and I fell facedown.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="EZK.3.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="EZK.3.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">Then the Spirit came into me and raised me to my feet. He spoke to me and said: &#8220;Go, shut yourself inside your house. </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="EZK.3.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes; you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people. </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="EZK.3.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to rebuke them, for they are a rebellious people. </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="EZK.3.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">But when I speak to you, I will open your mouth and you shall say to them, &#8216;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says.&#8217; Whoever will listen let them listen, and whoever will refuse let them refuse; for they are a rebellious people.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">4</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:4 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">upon your side</span></span></span><span class="content"> You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side. </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">&#8220;After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year. </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">&#8220;Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Weigh out twenty shekels</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:10 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams</span></span></span><span class="content"> of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Also measure out a sixth of a hin</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:11 </span><span class="ft">That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter</span></span></span><span class="content"> of water and drink it at set times. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.&#8221; </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> said, &#8220;In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Then I said, &#8220;Not so, Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">&#8220;Very well,&#8221; he said, &#8220;I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">He then said to me: &#8220;Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair, </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:17 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">away in</span></span></span><span class="content"> their sin.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Razor of Judgment</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="EZK.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Now, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber&#8217;s razor to shave your head and your beard. Then take a set of scales and divide up the hair. </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="EZK.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">When the days of your siege come to an end, burn a third of the hair inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind. For I will pursue them with drawn sword. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="EZK.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment. </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="EZK.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="EZK.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">&#8220;This is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="EZK.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:7 </span><span class="ft">Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac </span><span class="fqa">You have</span></span></span><span class="content"> conformed to the standards of the nations around you.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="EZK.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="EZK.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Therefore this is what the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> says: I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will inflict punishment on you in the sight of the nations. </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="EZK.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Because of all your detestable idols, I will do to you what I have never done before and will never do again. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="EZK.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds. </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="EZK.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, because you have defiled my sanctuary with all your vile images and detestable practices, I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you. </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds and pursue with drawn sword.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="EZK.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;Then my anger will cease and my wrath against them will subside, and I will be avenged. And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken in my zeal.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="EZK.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="EZK.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">&#8220;I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="EZK.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">You will be a reproach and a taunt, a warning and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke. I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="EZK.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food. </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="EZK.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> have spoken.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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