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Ezekiel 5:12

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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ASV

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 a third part I will scatter unto all the winds, and will draw out a sword after them.

KJV

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.

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17 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
שְׁלִשִׁתֵ֞יךְshe.li.shi.Teikh<the> third [part] of youH7992 →
בַּדֶּ֣בֶרba.De.verby <the> pestilenceH1698 →
יָמ֗וּתוּya.Mu.tuthey will dieH4191 →
וּבָֽרָעָב֙u.va.ra.'Avand by <the> famineH7458 →
יִכְל֣וּyikh.Luthey will come to an endH3615 →
בְתוֹכֵ֔ךְve.to.Khekhin [the] midst of youH8432 →
וְהַ֨שְּׁלִשִׁ֔יתve.Ha.she.li.Shitand <the> third [part]H7992 →
בַּחֶ֖רֶבba.Che.revby the swordH2719 →
יִפְּל֣וּyi.pe.Luthey will fallH5307 →
סְבִיבוֹתָ֑יִךְse.vi.vo.Ta.yikharound youH5439 →
וְהַשְּׁלִישִׁית֙ve.ha.she.li.Shitand <the> third [part]H7992 →
לְכָל־le.kholto everyH3605 →
ר֣וּחַRu.achwindH7307 →
אֱזָרֶ֔ה'e.za.RehI will disperseH2219 →
וְחֶ֖רֶבve.Che.revand a swordH2719 →
אָרִ֥יק'a.RikI will drawH7324 →
אַחֲרֵיהֶֽם׃'a.cha.rei.Hemafter themH310 →

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Zechariah 13:8And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it.Ezekiel 5:2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.Jeremiah 15:2If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’Revelation 6:8Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.Jeremiah 43:10–11Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these stones that I have embedded, and he will spread his royal pavilion over them.Ezekiel 7:15The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.Ezekiel 6:11This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.Ezekiel 14:17Or if I bring a sword against that land and say, ‘Let a sword pass through it,’ so that I cut off from it both man and beast,Ezekiel 12:14And I will scatter to every wind all the attendants around him and all his troops, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.Jeremiah 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a spoil of war.Ezekiel 21:3and tell her that this is what the LORD says: ‘I am against you, and I will draw My sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.Jeremiah 44:27I am watching over them for harm and not for good, and every man of Judah who is in the land of Egypt will meet his end by sword or famine, until they are finished off.Ezekiel 5:10As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’Ezekiel 6:11–12This is what the Lord GOD says: Clap your hands, stomp your feet, and cry out “Alas!” because of all the wicked abominations of the house of Israel, who will fall by sword and famine and plague.2 Kings 25:3By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.Ezekiel 14:19Or if I send a plague into that land and pour out My wrath upon it through bloodshed, cutting off from it both man and beast,Ezekiel 14:21For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘How much worse will it be when I send against Jerusalem My four dire judgments—sword, famine, wild beasts, and plague—in order to cut off from it both man and beast?Ezekiel 17:21All his choice troops will fall by the sword, and those who survive will be scattered to every wind. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken.’

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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