Ezekiel 5:5–12

5 “This is what the Lord God says: I have set this Jerusalem in the center of the nations, with countries all around her. 6 She has rebelled against my ordinances with more wickedness than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that surround her. For her people have rejected my ordinances and have not walked in my statutes.

7 “Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: Because you have been more insubordinate than the nations around youx —you have not walked in my statutes or kept my ordinances; you have not even kept the ordinances of the nations around you—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