¹²^dA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^da third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^dand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

¹³^e“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that ^fI am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy—^ewhen I spend my fury upon them. ¹⁴Moreover, I will make you ^ga desolation and ^han object of reproach among ⁱthe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by.

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d[ver. 2; ch. 6:11, 12; Jer. 15:2]
ech. 6:12; 7:8; 20:8, 21; Lam. 4:11; [ch. 39:25]
fch. 36:5, 6; 38:19
gch. 6:6; See Jer. 22:5
hch. 22:4; Neh. 2:17; Ps. 79:4; Jer. 24:9
iver. 5, 6

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

“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 Lord have spoken in my zeal.

“I will make you a ruin and a reproach among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you; 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. When my anger is spent and I have vented my wrath on them, I will be appeased. Then after I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I, the Lord, have spoken in my jealousy.

“I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of everyone who passes by.

NLTNew Living Translation

A third of your people will die in the city from disease and famine. A third of them will be slaughtered by the enemy outside the city walls. And I will scatter a third to the winds, chasing them with my sword. Then at last my anger will be spent, and I will be satisfied. And when my fury against them has subsided, all Israel will know that I, the Lord, have spoken to them in my jealous anger.

“So I will turn you into a ruin, a mockery in the eyes of the surrounding nations and to all who pass by.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

A third of you will die because of the plague, and because of the famine they will perish in the midst of you, and a third will fall through the sword around you, and a third I will scatter to every direction of the wind, and I will draw the sword behind them. And my anger will come to an end, and I will place my rage on them, and I will relent, and they will know that I, Yahweh, have spoken in my passion when I fully vent my rage against them. And I will make you into a desolate place and into a disgrace among the nations that surround you before the eyes of every one who passes by.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. 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. 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.

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