Ezekiel 5

1 and you(m. s.) son: child man to take: take to/for you sword sharp razor [the] barber to take: take her to/for you and to pass upon head your and upon beard your and to take: take to/for you balance weight and to divide them

“Son of man, go and shave your head and your beard using a sharp sword like a barber's razor. Then divide up the hair using a set of scales.

2 third in/on/with flame to burn: burn in/on/with midst [the] city like/as to fill day [the] siege and to take: take [obj] [the] third to smite in/on/with sword around her and [the] third to scatter to/for spirit: breath and sword to empty after them

Once the days of the siege have finished, burn up one third of the hair inside the city; slash at another third with a sword around the city; and scatter another third in the wind. I will let loose a sword behind them to chase them.

3 and to take: take from there little in/on/with number and to confine [obj] them in/on/with wing your

Take just a few hairs and tuck them into the hem of your clothes.

4 and from them still to take: take and to throw [obj] them to(wards) midst [the] fire and to burn [obj] them in/on/with fire from him to come out: issue fire to(wards) all house: household Israel

Take some of these and toss them into the fire to burn them. A fire will spread from there to burn everyone in Israel.

5 thus to say Lord YHWH/God this Jerusalem in/on/with midst [the] nation to set: make her and around her land: country/planet

This is what the Lord God says: This represents Jerusalem. I placed her right in the middle of the nations, surrounded by other countries.

6 and to rebel [obj] justice: judgement my to/for wickedness from [the] nation and [obj] statute my from [the] land: country/planet which around her for in/on/with justice: judgement my to reject and statute my not to go: walk in/on/with them

But she rebelled against my rules, acting more wickedly than the nations, and she defied my regulations more than the countries surrounding her. Her people rejected my rules and refused to follow my regulations.

7 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God because be turbulent your from [the] nation which around you in/on/with statute my not to go: walk and [obj] justice: judgement my not to make: do and like/as justice: judgement [the] nation which around you not to make: do

Consequently this is what the Lord God says: You have caused more trouble than the nations around you. You refused to follow my rules and keep my regulations. In fact you didn't even live up to the standards of the nations surrounding you.

8 to/for so thus to say Lord YHWH/God look! I upon you also I and to make: do in/on/with midst your justice: judgement to/for eye: seeing [the] nation

So this is what the Lord God says: Watch out, because it's me who is condemning you, Jerusalem! I'm going to carry out my sentence against you while the other nations watch.

9 and to make: do in/on/with you [obj] which not to make: do and [obj] which not to make: do like him still because all abomination your

Because of all the disgusting things you've done, I'm going to do to you what I've never done before—and I won't ever do again.

10 to/for so father to eat son: child in/on/with midst your and son: child to eat father their and to make: do in/on/with you judgment and to scatter [obj] all remnant your to/for all spirit: breath

In your city parents will eat their own children, and children will eat their parents. I'm going to punish you and scatter in every directions those who are left.

11 to/for so alive I utterance Lord YHWH/God if: surely yes not because [obj] sanctuary my to defile in/on/with all abomination your and in/on/with all abomination your and also I to dimish and not to pity eye my and also I not to spare

As I live, declares the Lord God, because you have made my sanctuary unclean with all your offensive idols and disgusting practices, I will stop treating you well. I won't be kind to you—I won't show you any pity.

12 third your in/on/with pestilence to die and in/on/with famine to end: destroy in/on/with midst your and [the] third in/on/with sword to fall: kill around you and [the] third to/for all spirit: breath to scatter and sword to empty after them

A third of your people will die from disease or starvation inside the city; a third will be killed by the sword outside the city walls; and a third I will scatter in the wind in all directions, and let loose a sword behind them to chase them.

13 and to end: expend face: anger my and to rest rage my in/on/with them and to be sorry: comfort and to know for I LORD to speak: speak in/on/with jealousy my in/on/with to end: expend I rage my in/on/with them

Once my anger is over and I've finished punishing them, then I'll be satisfied. When I've finished punishing them, then they'll know that I, the Lord, meant what I said when I spoke so strongly.

14 and to give: make you to/for desolation and to/for reproach in/on/with nation which around you to/for eye: seeing all to pass

I'm going to ruin you and humiliate you in front of the nations surrounding you, in the sight of every passer-by.

15 and to be reproach and taunt discipline and devastation to/for nation which around you in/on/with to make: do I in/on/with you judgment in/on/with face: anger and in/on/with rage and in/on/with argument rage I LORD to speak: speak

You will be criticized and mocked, you'll be a warning and something horrifying to the surrounding nations when I carry out my sentence against you in my rage and furious anger. I the Lord have spoken.

16 in/on/with to send: depart I [obj] arrow [the] famine [the] bad: harmful in/on/with them which to be to/for destruction which to send: depart [obj] them to/for to ruin you and famine to add upon you and to break to/for you tribe: supply food: bread

When I pour down on you deadly arrows of famine and destruction they're intended to kill you. I will make your famine worse by stopping your food supply.

17 and to send: depart upon you famine and living thing bad: harmful and be bereaved you and pestilence and blood to pass in/on/with you and sword to come (in): bring upon you I LORD to speak: speak

I will send famine and wild animals to attack you. You'll have no children left. Disease and killing will sweep over you, and I will bring armies to attack you. I the Lord have spoken.”