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Ezekiel 5:1. The sharp knife is the symbol of the king of Babylon.
(See Isaiah 7:20 .) He was God's instrument in the execution of His
wrath; the people are represented by the hair. The third part of...
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EXPLANATION OF THE SYMBOLS. By the four preceding symbolical actions
the doom has been made too terribly clear: the reason for it is now
given. Jerusalem is the centre of the world, conspicuous alike...
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AS. LIVE. Figures of speech _Deesis_ and _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.
SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle.
HAST DEFILED. This charge is substantiated in Ezekiel 8.
DIMINISH THEE. So the Western codic...
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Second Section. Ch. Ezekiel 3:22 to Ezekiel 7:27
The second section of the Book contains these parts:
(1) Ch. Ezekiel 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded
to confine himself to his o...
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Explanation of the four preceding symbols
Jerusalem, set in the midst of the nations and favoured of God above
them all, has even exceeded them in wickedness (Ezekiel 5:5).
Therefore God's judgments...
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Because she has surpassed the nations in evil, her chastisements shall
be without example in severity.
_Because ye multiplied_ R.V. _because ye are turbulent_. Both
renderings assume an otherwise unkn...
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_defiled my sanctuary_ The commentary on this is supplied by ch. 8.
_will I also diminish_thee] The word is so rendered ch. Ezekiel 16:27,
where, however, an object follows the verb. The balance of cl...
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WILL I ALSO DIMINISH— _Will I cut thee off._ Houbigant....
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C. The Second Threat 5:11-12
TRANSLATION
(11) Therefore as I live (oracle of the Lord GOD) surely, because My
sanctuary you have defiled with all your detestable things and with
all your abominations...
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Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all
thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither...
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5:11 verily (e-9) Lit. 'if ... not.' A strong form of solemn
declaration. see Numbers 14:23 ....
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DEFILED MY SANCTUARY] This charge is substantiated at length in
Ezekiel 8.
THE SIXTH PART OF AN HIN] less than a quart....
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SYMBOLIC ACTIONS REPRESENTING JERUSALEM'S SIEGE AND CAPTIVITY
Ezekiel is commanded to perform four remarkable actions setting forth
the coming siege withits hardships, and the approaching captivity wi...
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 5
EZEKIEL CUTS AND DIVIDES HIS HAIR – EZEKIEL 5:1-4
V1 ‘
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BECAUSE THOU... THEREFORE WILL I. — The parallel between Israel’s
conduct and God’s judgments is here, as everywhere, brought into
strong light. God would inflict no evil upon them which they had not...
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לָכֵ֣ן חַי ־אָ֗נִי נְאֻם֮ אֲדֹנָ֣י
יְהוִה֒ אִ
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THE END FORETOLD
Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 7:1
WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great
division of Ezekiel's prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of
about four and a...
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In this chapter we have the description of the last of the four signs.
The prophet was commanded to take a sword, sharpened as a barber's
razor, and therewith to cut off his hair and his beard. The ha...
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How often the Lord complains of his people in the Old Testament, that
in their sins, they were more stupid and senseless than the idolatrous
nations around them. Never was it known, that heathens chan...
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Here God again expresses more clearly why he was so eager to take
vengeance namely, because the religion of the Jews was corrupt, and
the Temple had been violated, as we shall see to-morrow....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 5 AND 6.
In the revelation given to Ezekiel Jerusalem is taken, and its
population almost entirely destroyed. The dispersed remnant are
pursued by the sword,...
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WHEREFORE, [AS] I LIVE, SAITH THE LORD GOD,.... This is a form of an
oath, and shows that what is after said should certainly be done; God
would not repent of it, nor revoke it:
SURELY, BECAUSE THOU...
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Wherefore, [as] I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast
defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all
thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish [thee]; neith...
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_The fathers shall eat the sons_, &c. Fathers eating their children,
and children their fathers, expresses the height of misery, and the
most grievous famine. We have sufficient proof that such instan...
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Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord God, in a most solemn form of
oath, by His own life and being, SURELY, BECAUSE THOU HAST DEFILED MY
SANCTUARY WITH ALL THY DETESTABLE THINGS, with the various idol...
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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGN...
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5-17 The sentence passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, the manner
of expression makes it still more so. Who is able to stand in God's
sight when he is angry? Those who live and die impenitent, wil...
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AS I LIVE; a form of an oath becoming none but the living God, used
often in Scripture and in this prophet. DEFILED; violated and
profaned. MY SANCTUARY; my temple. WITH ALL THY DETESTABLE THINGS; not...
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Ezekiel 5:11 live H2416 says H5002 (H8803) Lord H136 GOD H3069 defiled
H2930 (H8765) sanctuary H4720 things...
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“Wherefore as I live”, says the Lord Yahweh, “surely because you
have defiled my sanctuary with all your detestable things, and with
all your abominations, therefore will I also diminish you, nor shal...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the sharp knife. Famine, pestilence and the sword
impending.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: When nations (or persons) are made great, it is with
design that they may do good...
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Ezekiel 5:1. _Son of man, take thee a sharp knife a barber's razor._
Clip thy hair, and shave thy beard. Then divide and subdivide the hair
into twenty four parts, and take eight parts, precisely the...
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_As I live, saith the Lord God._
THE DIVINE OATH
I. The form of the Divine oath. When men swear, they do it “by the
greater” (Hebrews 6:16). God cannot do this. So He swears by
Himself.
II. The use...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 5:5 These verses comment on Ezekiel’s
dramatic presentation of prophecy (Ezekiel 4:1)....
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 5:11 Deuteronomy 1:1 often uses the phrase
“eye not pitying” to describe the attitude that the Israelites
must have in order to carry out stern judgment when issues of purity
o...
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_The last methods of punishment symbolised and interpreted_ (chap.
Ezekiel 5:1)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The requirements made of Ezekiel still proceed in
his house. Already he has been a sign that Jerusalem...
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EXPOSITION
EZEKIEL 5:1
TAKE THEE A BARBER'S RAZOR, etc. The series of symbolic acts is
carried further. Recollections of Isaiah and Leviticus mingle
strangely in the prophet's mind. The former had ma...
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CHAPTER 5-6.
THE VISION OF THE SHORN HAIR AND ITS FORESHADOWING DESOLATIONS.
Ezekiel 5:1. _And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp sword; a
barber's razor shalt thou take to thee, and cause it to pa...
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Now the fourth thing that he uses as an illustration.
Take a sharp knife, sharpen it like a barber's razor, and cause it to
pass upon your head and upon your beard (Ezekiel 5:1).
Shave your head and...
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2 Chronicles 33:4; 2 Chronicles 33:7; 2 Chronicles 36:14; 2 Kings
21:4;...