καὶ σύ υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου λαβὲ σεαυτῷ ῥομφαίαν ὀξεῖαν ὑπὲρ ξυρὸν κουρέως κτήσῃ αὐτὴν σεαυτῷ καὶ ἐπάξεις αὐτὴν ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλήν σου καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν πώγωνά σου καὶ λήμψῃ ζυγὸν σταθμίων καὶ διαστήσεις αὐτούς
And you, son of man, take for yourself a sharp sword; you shall acquire it for yourself as a barber's razor, and you shall bring it over your head and over your beard. Then you shall take a balance with weights and divide them.
Word-by-word analysis· 33 words
τὸ τέταρτον ἐν πυρὶ ἀνακαύσεις ἐν μέσῃ τῇ πόλει κατὰ τὴν πλήρωσιν τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῦ συγκλεισμοῦ καὶ λήμψῃ τὸ τέταρτον καὶ κατακαύσεις αὐτὸ ἐν μέσῳ αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ τέταρτον κατακόψεις ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ κύκλῳ αὐτῆς καὶ τὸ τέταρτον διασκορπίσεις τῷ πνεύματι καὶ μάχαιραν ἐκκενώσω ὀπίσω αὐτῶν
One fourth you shall burn with fire in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed; and you shall take one fourth and burn it in her midst, and one fourth you shall cut down with the sword all around her, and one fourth you shall scatter to the wind, and I will unsheathe a sword after them.
Word-by-word analysis· 45 words
καὶ λήμψῃ ἐκεῖθεν ὀλίγους ἐν ἀριθμῷ καὶ συμπεριλήμψῃ αὐτοὺς τῇ ἀναβολῇ σου
And from there you shall take a few in number and bind them up in the fold of your garment.
Word-by-word analysis· 12 words
καὶ ἐκ τούτων λήμψῃ ἔτι καὶ ῥίψεις αὐτοὺς εἰς μέσον τοῦ πυρὸς καὶ κατακαύσεις αὐτοὺς ἐν πυρί ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐξελεύσεται πῦρ καὶ ἐρεῖς παντὶ οἴκῳ Ισραηλ
And from these you shall take still more and throw them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire shall go out, and you shall say, to all the house of Israel...
Word-by-word analysis· 26 words
τάδε λέγει κύριος αὕτη ἡ Ιερουσαλημ ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἐθνῶν τέθεικα αὐτὴν καὶ τὰς κύκλῳ αὐτῆς χώρας
Thus says the Lord: This is Jerusalem. I have set her in the midst of the nations, with the surrounding lands around her.
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καὶ ἐρεῖς τὰ δικαιώματά μου τῇ ἀνόμῳ ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν καὶ τὰ νόμιμά μου ἐκ τῶν χωρῶν τῶν κύκλῳ αὐτῆς διότι τὰ δικαιώματά μου ἀπώσαντο καὶ ἐν τοῖς νομίμοις μου οὐκ ἐπορεύθησαν ἐν αὐτοῖς
And she has set my ordinances into lawlessness beyond the nations, and my statutes beyond the countries around her, because they rejected my ordinances and did not walk in my statutes.
Word-by-word analysis· 34 words
διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος ἀνθ' ὧν ἡ ἀφορμὴ ὑμῶν ἐκ τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν κύκλῳ ὑμῶν καὶ ἐν τοῖς νομίμοις μου οὐκ ἐπορεύθητε καὶ τὰ δικαιώματά μου οὐκ ἐποιήσατε ἀλλ' οὐδὲ κατὰ τὰ δικαιώματα τῶν ἐθνῶν τῶν κύκλῳ ὑμῶν οὐ πεποιήκατε
Therefore thus says the Lord: Because your provocation exceeds that of the nations around you, and you did not walk in my statutes and did not do my ordinances, but not even according to the ordinances of the nations around you have you acted,
Word-by-word analysis· 41 words
διὰ τοῦτο τάδε λέγει κύριος ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ποιήσω ἐν μέσῳ σου κρίμα ἐνώπιον τῶν ἐθνῶν
therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I am against you, and I will execute judgment in your midst before the nations.
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
καὶ ποιήσω ἐν σοὶ ἃ οὐ πεποίηκα καὶ ἃ οὐ ποιήσω ὅμοια αὐτοῖς ἔτι κατὰ πάντα τὰ βδελύγματά σου
And I will do in you what I have not done, and the like of which I will never do again, because of all your abominations.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
διὰ τοῦτο πατέρες φάγονται τέκνα ἐν μέσῳ σου καὶ τέκνα φάγονται πατέρας καὶ ποιήσω ἐν σοὶ κρίματα καὶ διασκορπιῶ πάντας τοὺς καταλοίπους σου εἰς πάντα ἄνεμον
Therefore fathers shall eat children in your midst, and children shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.
Word-by-word analysis· 26 words
διὰ τοῦτο ζῶ ἐγώ λέγει κύριος εἰ μὴ ἀνθ' ὧν τὰ ἅγιά μου ἐμίανας ἐν πᾶσιν τοῖς βδελύγμασίν σου κἀγὼ ἀπώσομαί σε οὐ φείσεταί μου ὁ ὀφθαλμός κἀγὼ οὐκ ἐλεήσω
Therefore, as I live, says the Lord, surely because you defiled my holy things with all your abominations, I also will reject you; my eye shall not spare, and I will show no mercy.
Word-by-word analysis· 30 words
τὸ τέταρτόν σου ἐν θανάτῳ ἀναλωθήσεται καὶ τὸ τέταρτόν σου ἐν λιμῷ συντελεσθήσεται ἐν μέσῳ σου καὶ τὸ τέταρτόν σου εἰς πάντα ἄνεμον σκορπιῶ αὐτούς καὶ τὸ τέταρτόν σου ἐν ῥομφαίᾳ πεσοῦνται κύκλῳ σου καὶ μάχαιραν ἐκκενώσω ὀπίσω αὐτῶν
A fourth part of you shall be consumed by death, and a fourth part of you shall be finished by famine in your midst, and a fourth part I will scatter to every wind, and a fourth part shall fall by the sword all around you; and I will unsheathe a sword after them.
Word-by-word analysis· 39 words
καὶ συντελεσθήσεται ὁ θυμός μου καὶ ἡ ὀργή μου ἐπ' αὐτούς καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ διότι ἐγὼ κύριος λελάληκα ἐν ζήλῳ μου ἐν τῷ συντελέσαι με τὴν ὀργήν μου ἐπ' αὐτούς
And my wrath shall be spent and my anger upon them shall be brought to completion, and you shall know that I am the Lord who has spoken in my zeal, when I complete my anger upon them.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
καὶ θήσομαί σε εἰς ἔρημον καὶ τὰς θυγατέρας σου κύκλῳ σου ἐνώπιον παντὸς διοδεύοντος
And I will make you a desolation, and your surrounding daughters also, before everyone who passes by.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
καὶ ἔσῃ στενακτὴ καὶ δηλαϊστὴ ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν τοῖς κύκλῳ σου ἐν τῷ ποιῆσαί με ἐν σοὶ κρίματα ἐν ἐκδικήσει θυμοῦ μου ἐγὼ κύριος λελάληκα
And you shall be an object of groaning and a ruin among the nations around you, when I execute judgments in you in avenging wrath. I, the Lord, have spoken.
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ἐν τῷ ἐξαποστεῖλαί με τὰς βολίδας μου τοῦ λιμοῦ ἐπ' αὐτοὺς καὶ ἔσονται εἰς ἔκλειψιν καὶ συντρίψω στήριγμα ἄρτου σου
When I send out against them the arrows of famine, and they become for destruction, then I will shatter your staff of bread.
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καὶ ἐξαποστελῶ ἐπὶ σὲ λιμὸν καὶ θηρία πονηρὰ καὶ τιμωρήσομαί σε καὶ θάνατος καὶ αἷμα διελεύσονται ἐπὶ σέ καὶ ῥομφαίαν ἐπάξω ἐπὶ σὲ κυκλόθεν ἐγὼ κύριος λελάληκα
And I will send upon you famine and evil beasts, and I will punish you; and death and blood shall pass through you, and I will bring a sword upon you from every side. I, the Lord, have spoken.