11 ‘Therefore, as I live,’ says the Lord God, ‘surely, because you have (A)defiled My sanctuary with all your (B)detestable things and with all your abominations, therefore I will also diminish you; (C)My eye will not spare, nor will I have any pity. 12 (D)One-third of you shall die of the pestilence, and be consumed with famine in your midst; and one-third shall fall by the sword all around you; and (E)I will scatter another third to all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after (F)them.

13 ‘Thus shall My anger (G)be spent, and I will (H)cause My fury to rest upon them, (I)and I will be avenged; (J)and they shall know that I, the Lord, have spoken it in My zeal, when I have spent My fury upon them.

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11 Therefore as surely as I live,(A) declares the Sovereign(B) Lord, because you have defiled my sanctuary(C) with all your vile images(D) and detestable practices,(E) I myself will shave you; I will not look on you with pity or spare you.(F) 12 A third of your people will die of the plague or perish by famine inside you; a third will fall by the sword outside your walls; and a third I will scatter to the winds(G) and pursue with drawn sword.(H)

13 “Then my anger will cease and my wrath(I) against them will subside, and I will be avenged.(J) And when I have spent my wrath on them, they will know that I the Lord have spoken in my zeal.(K)

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