1. “Now, human being, take a sharp sword. Use it like a barber’s razor to shave your head and beard. Then take scales and weigh and divide the hair.
2. Burn one-third with fire when the days of the attack on Jerusalem are over. Burn it in the middle of the city. Then take one-third and cut it up with the knife all around the city. And scatter one-third to the wind. This is how I will chase them with a sword.
3. Also take a few of these hairs and tie them in the folds of your clothes.
4. Take a few more and throw them into the fire and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the people of Israel.