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Ezekiel 5:12

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5:12A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you.20 A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you,21 and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

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Footnotes

  1. 20 The judgment of plague and famine comes from the covenant curse (Lev 26:25–26). As in v. 10, the city of Jerusalem is figuratively addressed here.
  2. 21 Judgment by plague, famine, and sword occurs in Jer 21:9; 27:13; Ezek 6:11, 12; 7:15.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.