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. [skirts: Heb. wings]
			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 .