{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T01:04:20.274Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's rasor, and cause <i>it</i> to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the <i>hair</i>."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Thou 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, <i>and</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; <i>for</i> thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Thus saith the Lord GOD; This <i>is</i> Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries <i>that are</i> round about her."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that <i>are</i> round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that <i>are</i> round about you, <i>and</i> have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that <i>are</i> round about you;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, <i>am</i> against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Wherefore, <i>as</i> I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish <i>thee</i>; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"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 <i>it</i> in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that <i>are</i> round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that <i>are</i> round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken <i>it</i>."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for <i>their</i> destruction, <i>and</i> which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee; and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken <i>it</i>."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 5 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 5](https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/5 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}