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The judgments Ezekiel 5:12 of “famine, pestilence,” and the
“sword,” were precisely those which attended the coming siege of
Jerusalem (Jeremiah 15:2 ff). The “drawing out the sword after
them” indica...
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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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A THIRD PERT, &c. This is the signification of the sign (verses:
Ezekiel 5:1).
PESTILENCE, AND WITH FAMINE. Op. Josephus, _Antiquities_ x, 8. i.
ALL THE WINDS. all quarters, Figure of speech _Metony...
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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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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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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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Explanation of the symbol Ezekiel 5:1....
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AND I WILL DRAW OUT A SWORD AFTER THEM— That is, "Mine anger shall
still pursue thee even into countries whither thou art banished and
carried captive." This was particularly fulfilled in those who re...
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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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A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall
fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third...
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Bread thus baked would be unclean (Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 7:21)....
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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
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שְׁלִשִׁתֵ֞יךְ בַּ † דֶּ֣בֶר
יָמ֗וּתוּ וּ בָֽ...
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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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_Pestilence. Septuagint, "death;" so they usually denote pestilence.
They add, "and a fourth part of thee shall be," &c., ver. 2.
(Haydock)_...
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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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Now he explains without a figure what he had previously proposed
figuratively. For he had been commanded to shave off the hairs of his
head and of his beard with a razor, and to divide them so that th...
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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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A THIRD PART OF THEM SHALL DIE WITH THE PESTILENCE,.... This, with
what follows, explains the division of the hair into the three parts,
and what was done with them; and shows that the burning of one...
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A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine
shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall
fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third p...
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_A third part of thee_, &c. In this verse is given an explication of
what the burning of the hair, the smiting of it with a knife, &c.,
signified: see on Ezekiel 5:2. _And I will draw out a sword afte...
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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGN...
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A third part of thee, corresponding to the first third of the hair of
the prophet, SHALL DIE WITH THE PESTILENCE, AND WITH FAMINE SHALL THEY
BE CONSUMED IN THE MIDST OF THEE, during the course of the...
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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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From this to the end of the chapter we have a particular and more
express declaration how God would execute these severe judgments upon
this people. WITH PESTILENCE; no doubt, though it were not menti...
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Ezekiel 5:12 One-third H7992 die H4191 (H8799) pestilence H1698
consumed H3615 (H8799) famine H7458 midst H8432 one-
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“A third part of you will die with the pestilence, and they will be
consumed with famine in the midst of you, and a third part will fall
by the sword round about you, and a third part I will scatter t...
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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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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 5:5 These verses comment on Ezekiel’s
dramatic presentation of prophecy (Ezekiel 4:1)....
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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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Amos 9:4; Deuteronomy 28:65; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 5:2;