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Ezekiel 5:4

Then take of them again, of the few thus saved, and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire, the fire being considered a purifying agent; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. The thought underlying this last statement is that of the refiner's fire, for it was this phase of the matter which was brought to bear upon Israel, so that a remnant at least was saved. Cf Isaiah 6:12; Luke 12:49. God poured out His loving-kindness upon the Jews in an ever-increasing measure.

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See also Ezekiel 5:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Ezekiel 5:4. Ezekiel 5:1....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Of the third part a few are yet to be taken and kept in the fold of the garment (representing those still to remain in their native land), and yet even of those few some are to be cast into the fire....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    (D) THE FATE OF THE BESIEGED. Yet the last symbol is perhaps the most terrible of all; it suggests the all but irretrievable completeness of the destruction. Ezekiel is commanded to take a sharp sword...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. As in Ezekiel 4:3....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Yet of those preserved some shall be cast into the fire and consumed. _thereof shall a fire_ THEREFROM, i.e. from that remnant which is subjected to new consumption in the fire. The "fire" that goes o...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Ezekiel 5:1-4. Symbol shewing the fate of the population during the siege and after it, and their dispersion among the nations The prophet is commanded to take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    IV. PARABLE OF THE NATION'S FATE 5:1-4 TRANSLATION (1) And as for you, son of man, take to yourself a sharp sword, for a barber's razor, take it, and cause it to pass over your head and your beard, a...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THOU SHALT ALSO TAKE THEREOF A FEW IN NUMBER, AND BIND THEM IN THY SKIRTS._ No JFB commentary on these verses....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    5:4 it (b-24) i.e. still from the third part last mentioned. see Zechariah 13:8 ,Zechariah 13:9 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL] used here and in Ezekiel 4:5 in the limited sense of the northern kingdom of the Ten Tribes....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    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 ‘

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וּ מֵהֶם֙ עֹ֣וד תִּקָּ֔ח וְ הִשְׁלַכְתָּ֤ אֹו

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; (d) from which a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel. (d) Out of the fire which you kindle...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Out of it. Some rose up against Godolias, Jeremias xl., &c. (Calmet) --- The divisions of the Jews brought on the persecution of Epiphanes, (Sanctius) and introduced Pompey. (St. Jerome) (Haydock)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    The type is very expressive, and full to the purpose. And if we consider the judgment here spoken of spiritually, (and no doubt it was so intended), the head and the hair, represent Christ and his Chu...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    We just saw that there were many reprobate in that small number. Hence, therefore, it is easily gathered how desperate was the impiety of the whole people. _After this, he _says, _take: _this adverb i...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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,...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    THEN TAKE OF THEM AGAIN,.... Of that small number preserved: AND CAST THEM INTO THE MIDST OF THE FIRE, AND BURN THEM IN THE FIRE: this was fulfilled in Gedaliah and the Jews that were with him, over...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; [for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. Ver. 4. _Then take of them again, and...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shall burn a third part in the midst of the city_ In the midst of that portraiture of the city, which the prophet was commanded to make, chap. Ezekiel 4:1. This signified the destruction of the...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-4 The prophet must shave off the hair of his head and beard, which signifies God's utter rejecting and abandoning that people. One part must be burned in the midst of the city, denoting the multitu...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THEN TAKE OF THEM AGAIN; another division make of that little number, the preserved remnant. Throw some of them into the fire; they are not all to be saved who are delivered at the end of the siege. B...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Ezekiel 5:4 again H3947 (H8799) throw H7993 (H8689) midst H8432 fire H784 burn H8313 (H8804) fire...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    “And you will take from there a few in number, and bind them in your robes, and of these again you will take and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there will come o...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Take thee a sharp knife._ GOD’S JUDGMENTS UPON THE WICKED 1. Wicked men are of little worth; take a whole city of them, they are of no more account with God than a little hair of the head or beard....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 5:1 RAZOR. Priests were not to shave off their hair (Ezekiel 44:20; see also...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • The Typology of Scripture by Patrick Fairbairn

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Kings 25:25; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 44:30; Jeremiah 48:45;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Of them — Out of that little remnant. In the fire — For their sin against God, their discontents at their state, and conspiracies against their governor, another fire shall break out which shall devou...

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