Ezekiel 5:10
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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.As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
In other translations
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.As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’
Hebrew words
לָכֵןlakhen<to> thereforeH3651אָבוֹת'avotparentsH1יֹאכְלוּyokheluthey will eatH398בָנִיםvanimchildrenH1121בְּתוֹכֵךְbetokhekhin [the] midst of youH8432וּבָנִיםuvanimand childrenH1121יֹאכְלוּyokheluthey will eatH398אֲבוֹתָם'avotamparents theirH1וְעָשִׂיתִיve'asitiand I will bring aboutH6213בָךְvokhon youשְׁפָטִיםshefatimjudgmentsH8201וְזֵרִיתִיvezeritiand I will disperseH2219אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853כָּל־kol-allH3605שְׁאֵרִיתֵךְshe'eritekh[the] rest of youH7611לְכָל־lekholto everyH3605רוּחַ׃ פruachwindH7307
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Related verses
- Zechariah 2:6Ho, ho, come forth, and flee from the land of the north, saith the Lord: for I have spread you abroad as the four winds of the heaven, saith the Lord.“Get up! Get up! Flee from the land of the north,” declares the LORD, “for I have scattered you like the four winds of heaven,” declares the LORD.
- Leviticus 26:29And ye shall eat the flesh of your sons, and the flesh of your daughters shall ye eat.You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.
- Ezekiel 12:14And I will scatter toward every wind all that are about him to help him, and all his bands; and I will draw out the sword after them.And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.
- Jeremiah 19:9And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’
- Deuteronomy 28:64And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.
- Ezekiel 36:19And I scattered them among the heathen, and they were dispersed through the countries: according to their way and according to their doings I judged them.I dispersed them among the nations, and they were scattered throughout the lands. I judged them according to their ways and deeds.
- Ezekiel 5:2Thou 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.When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.
- Psalm 44:11Thou hast given us like sheep appointed for meat; and hast scattered us among the heathen.You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.
- Zechariah 7:14But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not. Thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned: for they laid the pleasant land desolate.But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations that they had not known, and the land was left desolate behind them so that no one could come or go. Thus they turned the pleasant land into a desolation.”
- Ezekiel 5:12A 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.A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.
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