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Ezekiel 5:12

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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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Ezekiel 5:2rank 12

When 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 15:2rank 6

If 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.’

Jeremiah 21:9rank 4

Whoever 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 12:14rank 4

And 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 44:27rank 3

I 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 5:10rank 3

As 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 5:17rank 2

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.”

Ezekiel 6:8rank 2

Yet I will leave a remnant, for some of you will escape the sword when you are scattered among the nations and throughout the lands.

Leviticus 26:33rank 2

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Jeremiah 42:22rank 2

Now therefore, know for sure that by sword and famine and plague you will die in the place where you desire to go to reside.”

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