Ezekiel 5:8–17

8 therefore, this is what the Lord God says: See, I myself am against you, Jerusalem, and I will execute judgments within you in the sight of the nations. 9 Because of all your detestable practices, I will do to you what I have never done before and what I will never do again.a 10 As a result, fathers will eat their sonsb within Jerusalem,A and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.

11 “Therefore, as I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“I will withdraw and show you no pity, because you have defiled my sanctuaryc with all your abhorrent acts and detestable practices.d Yes, I will not spare you. 12 A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you;e a third will fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.f 13 When my anger is spent and I have vented my wrath on them, I will be appeased.g Then after I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy.h

14 “I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by. 15 So youB will be a disgrace and a taunt, a warning and a horror, to the nations around you when I execute judgments against you in anger,i wrath, and furious rebukes. I, the Lord, have spoken. 16 When I shoot deadly arrows of famine at them, arrows for destruction that I will send to destroy you, inhabitants of Jerusalem, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply of bread. 17 I will send famine and dangerous animals against you. They will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the Lord, have spoken.”j