1Yo, son of man, grab a sharp knife and a barber's razor, and vibe that on your head and beard: then weigh it out and chop the hair.

2You gotta burn a third of it in the city when the siege days are done: take another third and slice it up, and scatter a third in the wind; I’m sending a sword after them, no cap.

3Just grab a few and tie them in your clothes, that’s the move.

4Then take those again, toss 'em in the fire, and let them burn; a fire’s gonna pop off in all of Israel.

5The Lord God’s saying: This is Jerusalem; I’ve put it right in the middle of all the nations around it, periodt.

6She’s turned my judgments into straight-up wickedness more than the other nations, and my rules, like, way more than the countries around her; they’ve ghosted my judgments and statutes, not vibing with them at all.

7So the Lord God’s like: Since you’re more extra than the nations around you and haven’t followed my rules or judgments, you’re sus.

8The Lord God’s saying, "Look, I’m coming for you and will drop judgments right in front of all the nations."

9I’m about to do things you’ve never seen before, and I won’t do anything like it again, ‘cause of all your abominations, fr.

10So fam, parents are gonna eat their kids, and kids are gonna eat their parents; I’m bringing judgments on you, and I’ll scatter the whole remnant in the winds, lit.

11As I live, says the Lord God; you’ve messed up my sanctuary with all your nasty stuff, so I’m gonna diminish you; no mercy coming your way.

12A third of you will die from pestilence, and famine's gonna hit hard; another third will fall by the sword, and I’ll scatter the last third in the winds, sending a sword after them.

13My anger’s gonna hit different, and I’ll chill my fury on them; they’ll know I, the Lord, said this in my passion when I finish my fury in them.

14I’m gonna make you waste and a joke among the nations around you, so everyone passing by will see.

15It’ll be a joke, a taunt, and a shock to the nations around you when I drop judgments in you with anger and fury; I, the Lord, have said it.

16When I send the evil arrows of famine against them for their destruction, I’ll crank up the famine on you and break your bread supply, no cap.

17I’ll send famine and wild beasts, and they’ll take you out; pestilence and blood will roll through, and I’ll bring the sword on you. I, the Lord, have spoken it.

1And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.

2Thou 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, and 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.

3Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

5Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.

6And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them.

7Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;

8Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.

9And 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.

10Therefore 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.

11Wherefore, as 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 thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

12A 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.

13Thus 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 it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

14Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

15So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the Lord have spoken it.

16When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

17So 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 it.