Ezekiel 5:2

Modern English Version

You shall burn with fire one-third in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are fulfilled. Then you shall take one-third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And one-third you shall scatter in the wind. And I will draw out a sword after them.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:24

Therefore I will scatter them as the stubble that passes away by the wind of the wilderness.

Jeremiah 15:2

It shall come to pass if they say to you, “Where should we go?” then you shall tell them: Thus says the Lord: Those destined for death, to death; and those destined for the sword, to the sword; and those destined for the famine, to the famine; and those destined for the captivity, to the captivity.

Jeremiah 24:10

I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.

Jeremiah 38:2

Thus says the Lord: He who remains in this city will die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence. But he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live, for he shall have his life as plunder, and shall live.

Jeremiah 39:1

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.

Jeremiah 39:2

In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, the ninth day of the month, the city wall was broken up.

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them water of gall to drink.

Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.

Ezekiel 12:14

I will scatter toward every wind all who are about him, his helpers and all his troops. And I will draw out the sword after them.

Ezekiel 17:21

All the choice men in all his troops shall fall by the sword, and those who remain shall be scattered toward all winds. And you shall know that I the Lord have spoken it.

Ezekiel 5:10

Therefore the fathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and the sons shall eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and the whole remnant of you will I scatter into all the winds.

Ezekiel 5:12

One-third of you shall die by pestilence or by famine; they shall be consumed in your midst. And one-third shall fall by the sword all around you. And I will scatter one-third into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.

Ezekiel 5:3

You shall also take a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations and I will draw out a sword after you. And your land shall be desolate and your cities a waste.

Amos 9:4

and though they go into captivity before their enemies, from there will I command the sword to slay them. I will set My eyes upon them for evil and not for good.

Zechariah 13:8

And it will happen in all the land, says the Lord, that two-thirds will be cut off and die, and one-third will be left in the land.