Eze 5:12 | NETfull | STEP | A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 5:12

12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. ^{▼▼ The judgment of plague and famine comes from the covenant curse (Lev 26:25–26). As in v. 10, the city of Jerusalem is figuratively addressed here.} A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, ^{▼▼ Judgment by plague, famine, and sword occurs in Jer 21:9; 27:13; Ezek 6:11, 12; 7:15.} and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.