¹⁰ As a result, fathers will eat their sons^(A) within Jerusalem,^[a] and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your survivors to every direction of the wind.

¹¹ “Therefore, as I live”—this is the declaration of the Lord God—“I will withdraw and show you no pity, because you have defiled my sanctuary^(B) with all your abhorrent acts and detestable practices.^(C) Yes, I will not spare you. ¹² A third of your people will die by plague and be consumed by famine within you;^(D) a third will fall by the sword all around you; and I will scatter a third to every direction of the wind, and I will draw a sword to chase after them.^(E)