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Ezequiel 5:12

Listen to Ezequiel 5:12
12 Una tercera parte de tu pueblo morirá en tus calles por la peste y por el hambre; otra tercera parte caerá a filo de espada en tus alrededores, y a la tercera parte restante la dispersaré por los cuatro vientos. Yo desenvainaré la espada y perseguiré a la gente.

Ezequiel 5:12 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 5:12

A third part of them shall die with the pestilence
This, with what follows, explains the division of the hair into the three parts, and what was done with them; and shows that the burning of one third part denotes their being destroyed by the pestilence, mentioned along with burning coals, ( Habakkuk 3:5 ) ; and by famine, as follows: and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee;
and though there is no account of the former, yet there is of the latter; and no doubt but the pestilence raged, as well as the famine, at the siege of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee;
signified by the third part of the hair, smitten with a knife; and intends such as perished by the sword of the Chaldeans at the taking of the city, and when they fled out of it; and so are properly said to fall round about it: and I will scatter a third part into all the winds;
the greatest part of which were carried into Babylon, and others into other parts; (See Gill on Ezekiel 5:2); and I will draw out a sword after them;
particularly after them that went into Egypt. The Septuagint and Arabic versions read a "fourth part" in each clause, as before; and make it out thus, "a fourth part of thee shall be consumed with death (the pestilence); and a fourth part of thee shall be consumed with famine in the midst of thee; and a fourth part of thee I will scatter to every wind; and a fourth part of thee shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will draw out the sword after them".

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Ezequiel 5:12 In-Context

10 Entre ustedes habrá padres que se comerán a sus hijos, y también hijos que se comerán a sus padres. Yo los castigaré, y a quien sobreviva lo dispersaré por los cuatro vientos.
11 »Por esta razón yo, el SEÑOR omnipotente, juro por mí mismo: Como ustedes han profanado mi santuario con sus ídolos repugnantes y con prácticas detestables, yo los destruiré sin misericordia y sin piedad.
12 Una tercera parte de tu pueblo morirá en tus calles por la peste y por el hambre; otra tercera parte caerá a filo de espada en tus alrededores, y a la tercera parte restante la dispersaré por los cuatro vientos. Yo desenvainaré la espada y perseguiré a la gente.
13 Entonces se apaciguará mi ira, mi enojo contra ellos será saciado, y me daré por satisfecho. Y cuando en mi celo haya desahogado mi enojo contra ellos, sabrán que yo, el SEÑOR, lo he dicho.
14 »Yo te convertiré en un montón de ruinas; te haré objeto de burla de todas las naciones que te rodean. Todos los que pasen junto a ti, lo verán.
La Santa Biblia, Nueva Versión Internacional® NVI® Copyright © 1999 by Biblica, Inc.® Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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