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COMFORTED - In the sense of “consoling oneself” and “feeling
satisfaction in punishing;” hence, to “avenge oneself.”
The fury is to “rest” upon them, abide, so as not to pass away.
The “accomplishmen...
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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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AND. Note the Figure of speech _Polyeyndeton_ (App-6).
I WILL BE COMFORTED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:36).
Compare Isaiah 1:24, App-92.
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4.
ZEAL. jealo...
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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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_my fury to rest upon them_ Rather: WILL QUIET (assuage, or, appease)
MY FURY. Zechariah 7:8, "have quieted my spirit in the North country."
The phrase again, ch. Ezekiel 16:42; Ezekiel 21:17;...
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THUS SHALL MINE ANGER BE ACCOMPLISHED— _For my anger shall be
accomplished, and then I will comfort myself, when my fury shall rest
upon them; and then they shall know that I am the_ LORD, _who in min...
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D. The Results of the Judgment 5:13-15
TRANSLATION
(13) Then My anger shall end, and MY wrath I shall cause to rest in
respect to them and shall be comforted; and they shall know that I the
LORD have...
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Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to
rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I
the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my...
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CAUSE MY FURY TO REST] RV 'satisfy my fury.'
EAT THEIR DEFILED BREAD] RV 'eat their bread unclean.' Foreign lands
were regarded as unclean in themselves (Amos 7:17), and, besides, all
food eaten in th...
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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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I WILL BE COMFORTED. — The word employed here is used in two
different senses: either that of feeling compassion, and so of
repenting of one’s anger, as in Isaiah 12:1; Isaiah 49:13; Isaiah
51:3;...
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וְ כָלָ֣ה אַפִּ֗י וַ הֲנִחֹותִ֧י
חֲמָתִ֛י בָּ
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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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Thus shall my anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest
upon them, and I will be (g) comforted: and they shall know that I the
LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished...
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_Comforted, or revenged, chap. xxiv. 14., and Isaias i. 24._...
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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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In this verse the Prophet only teaches what he had said before, but by
way of confirmation, namely, that God’s vengeance would be horrible
and unceasing until the destruction and extinction of the peo...
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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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THUS SHALL MINE ANGER BE ACCOMPLISHED,.... Finished, perfected,
consummated, by bringing the above judgments upon them, pestilence,
famine, and sword, and by scattering them to every wind: what had be...
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Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to
rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I
the LORD have spoken [it] in my zeal, when I have accomplished my...
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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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Thus shall Mine anger be accomplished, the full measure of His wrath
be exhausted upon the Jewish nation, AND I WILL CAUSE MY FURY TO REST
UPON THEM, so that it would be satisfied in the punishment me...
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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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THUS; in this terrible and relentless manner already declared. MINE
ANGER; my provoked justice, not passion, shall be executed to the full
of that I intend and have spoken. MY FURY: after the manner o...
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Ezekiel 5:13 anger H639 spent H3615 (H8804) fury H2534 rest H5117
(H8689) avenged H5162 (H8694) know...
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“Thus will my anger be accomplished, and I will satisfy my fury on
them, and I will be comforted. And they will know that I, Yahweh have
spoken in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury on them.”
O...
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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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_Thus shall Mine anger be accomplished._
GOD’S ANGER AGAINST SINNERS
1. God goes on by degrees in His wrath against a people. He had in
times past corrected them like a father, He would now execute...
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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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Daniel 11:36; Daniel 9:2; Deuteronomy 32:36; Ezekiel 13:15; Ezek
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Comforted — In executing my vengeance. In my zeal — For my own
glory....