Eze 5:10 | NETfull | STEP | Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors to the winds.

Ezekiel 5:10

10 Therefore fathers will eat their sons within you, Jerusalem, ^{▼▼ In context “you” refers to the city of Jerusalem. To make this clear for the modern reader, “Jerusalem” has been supplied in the translation in apposition to “you.”} ^{▼▼ This cannibalism would occur as a result of starvation due to the city being besieged. It is one of the judgments threatened for a covenant law violation (Lev 26:29; see also Deut 28:53; Jer 19:9; Lam 2:20; Zech 11:9).} and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you, and I will scatter any survivors ^{▼▼ Heb “all of your survivors.”} to the winds. ^{▼▼ Heb “to every wind.”}