5"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
5"This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
2 When the days of your siege come to an end, burn a third of the hair with fire inside the city. Take a third and strike it with the sword all around the city. And scatter a third to the wind. For I will pursue them with drawn sword.
3 But take a few strands of hair and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.
4 Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to the whole house of Israel.
5 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.
6 Yet in her wickedness she has rebelled against my laws and decrees more than the nations and countries around her. She has rejected my laws and has not followed my decrees.
7 "Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: You have been more unruly than the nations around you and have not followed my decrees or kept my laws. You have not even conformed to the standards of the nations around you.
5:5Thus saith the Lord GOD; This [is] Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries [that are] round about her.
5:5Thus saith the Lord God: This is Jerusalem, I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries round about her.
5:5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
5:5Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and the countries are round about her.
5:5Thus saith the Lord GOD: This is Jerusalem: I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
5:5Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are around her.
5:5Thus says the Lord Yahweh: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are around her.
5:5Thus said the Lord Jehovah: this is Jerusalem, In the midst of the nations I have set her, And round about her are the lands.
5:5Thus said the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the middle of the nations and countries that are round about her.