15 You shall be[a] a reproach and a taunt, a warning (A)and a horror, to (B)the nations all around you, (C)when I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and (D)with furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you[b] (E)the deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon (F)you and break your supply[c] of bread. 17 I will send famine and (G)wild beasts against you, (H)and they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and (I)blood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:15 Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be
  2. Ezekiel 5:16 Hebrew them
  3. Ezekiel 5:16 Hebrew staff

15 You will be a reproach(A) and a taunt, a warning(B) and an object of horror to the nations around you when I inflict punishment on you in anger and in wrath and with stinging rebuke.(C) I the Lord have spoken.(D) 16 When I shoot at you with my deadly and destructive arrows of famine, I will shoot to destroy you. I will bring more and more famine upon you and cut off your supply of food.(E) 17 I will send famine and wild beasts(F) against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed(G) will sweep through you, and I will bring the sword against you. I the Lord have spoken.(H)

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