George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Ezekiel 5:12
Pestilence. Septuagint, "death;" so they usually denote pestilence. They add, "and a fourth part of thee shall be," &c., ver. 2. (Haydock)
Pestilence. Septuagint, "death;" so they usually denote pestilence. They add, "and a fourth part of thee shall be," &c., ver. 2. (Haydock)
Verse Ezekiel 5:12. _A THIRD PART OF THEE_] See Clarke's notes on Ezekiel 5:1....
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Explanation of the symbol Ezekiel 5:1....
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...
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...
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...
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...
Bread thus baked would be unclean (Leviticus 5:3; Leviticus 7:21)....
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 ‘
שְׁלִשִׁתֵ֞יךְ בַּ † דֶּ֣בֶר יָמ֗וּתוּ וּ בָֽ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
_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...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGN...
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...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 5:12 One-third H7992 die H4191 (H8799) pestilence H1698 consumed H3615 (H8799) famine H7458 midst H8432 one-
“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...
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...
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...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 5:5 These verses comment on Ezekiel’s dramatic presentation of prophecy (Ezekiel 4:1)....
_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...
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...
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...
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...
Amos 9:4; Deuteronomy 28:65; Ezekiel 12:14; Ezekiel 5:10; Ezekiel 5:2;