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10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments on thee; and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter unto all the winds. 11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also [a]diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, and I also will have no pity. 12 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 a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.

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  1. Ezekiel 5:11 Or, withdraw mine eye that it shall not spare Another reading is, hew thee down.

10 Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents.(A) I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.(B) 11 Therefore as surely as I live,(C) declares the Sovereign(D) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(E) with all your vile images(F) and detestable practices,(G) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(H) 12 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(I) and pursue with drawn sword.(J)

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