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Verse Ezekiel 5:16. _THE EVIL ARROWS OF FAMINE_] Famine and pestilence
are represented as _poisoned arrows_, inflicting death wherever they
_wound_. The ancients represented them in the same way....
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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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I SHALL SAND, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 32:23;
Deuteronomy 32:24).
WHICH: or, who.
BREAK YOUR STAFF OF BREAD, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus
26:26). App
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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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_arrows of famine_ Cf. Deuteronomy 32:23-24.
_shall be for their destruction_ as R.V., THAT ARE FOR destruction.
_I_will _increase_ lit. _add_, i.e. send famine upon famine upon you.
On "staff of br...
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E. The Third Threat 5:16-17
TRANSLATION
(16) When I send against them the evil arrows of famine that are for
destruction which I shall send against you to destroy you; and I shall
increase famine up...
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When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be
for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I
will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff o...
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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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בְּֽ שַׁלְּחִ֡י אֶת ־חִצֵּי֩ הָ
רָעָ֨ב הָ
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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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When I shall send upon them the evil (h) arrows of famine, which shall
be for [their] destruction, [and] which I will send to destroy you:
and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your...
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_Arrows; inclemency of the seasons, &c., which bring on famine.
(Menochius)_...
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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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He illustrates the sentiment which we have seen, but not after the
manner of rhetoricians, who affect splendor and ornament of speech;
but his only design was to penetrate the minds of the people, lik...
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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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WHEN I SHALL SEND UPON THEM THE EVIL ARROWS OF FAMINES,.... Either
famine itself, which is as an arrow; it is taken out of the quiver of
the Lord of hosts, and is shot by him; and moves swiftly when i...
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_So it shall be an instruction to the nations_ They shall learn from
such an example of vengeance to fear me, and be afraid of my
judgments. _When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine_
Hai...
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THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGN...
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When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, such as hail,
rain, mice, locusts, mildew, Deuteronomy 32:23, WHICH SHALL BE FOR
THEIR DESTRUCTION, AND WHICH I WILL SEND TO DESTROY YOU; AND I W...
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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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I SHALL SEND; it is a messenger that goes not till God sends, and ever
goes when he sendeth; he sends cleanness of teeth. THE EVIL ARROWS;
either because thunder, tempests, locusts, blastings, &c., wh...
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Ezekiel 5:16 send H7971 (H8762) terrible H7451 arrows H2671 famine
H7458 destruction H4889 send H7971 (H8763) destro
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“When I shall send on them the hurtful arrows of famine, which are
for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and I will increase
the famine on you and will break your staff of bread, and I wi...
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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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2 Kings 6:25; Deuteronomy 32:23; Deuteronomy 32:24; Ezekiel 14:13;...