Ezekiel 5:3-5

Common English Bible

³ From that third, take a few strands and hide them in your garment. ⁴ From that hair, take yet another batch and throw it into the fire and burn it up. From there, fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.

⁵ The Lord God proclaims: This is Jerusalem! I have set her in the middle of the nations and surrounding countries.