Famine, Sword, and Dispersion

Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, vvv I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, [nor] will I spare you.

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A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside [your walls], and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

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And when My anger is spent and I have vented My wrath against them, I will be appeased. And when I have spent My wrath on them, they will know that I, the LORD, in My zeal have spoken.

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I will make you a ruin and a disgrace among the nations around you, in the sight of all who pass by. 15 So you will be[fn] a reproach and a taunt, a warning and a horror to the nations around you, when I execute judgments against you in anger, wrath, and raging fury. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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When I shower you[fn] with the deadly arrows of famine [and] destruction that I will send to destroy you, I will intensify the famine against you and cut off your supply[fn] of food. 17 I will send famine and wild beasts against you, and they will leave you childless. Plague and bloodshed will sweep through you, and I will bring a sword against you. I, the LORD, have spoken.” 6