Ezekiel 5:2
King James Version
“Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.”
Context
1And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the
2Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
3Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
5Thus saith the Lord GOD; This Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries round about her.