be. reproach and. taunt, Sc. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37, the words being different). App-92.
unto. Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "in", or "among".
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...
_So it shall be_ So shall SHE BE, i.e. Jerusalem. The ancient versions, however, give: _and thou shalt be_. _an instruction_ i.e. a lesson of warning, cf. ch. Ezekiel 23:48, "that all women may be tau...
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 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...
SO IT SHALL BE, &C.— _And the reproach and the obloquy shall be a warning and an amazement,_ &c....
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...
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebuke...
5:15 astonishment (f-14) Or 'desolation,' as ch. 33.28,29, where both words are used....
A partial mitigation of the symbol for the prophet's sake. The dung of domestic animals was often used as fuel, and does not seem to have defiled the food cooked upon it. Though the symbol was modifie...
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...
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 ‘
וְֽ הָ֨יְתָ֜ה חֶרְפָּ֤ה וּ גְדוּפָה֙ מוּסָ֣ר...
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...
_Scoff. Literally, "blasphemy;" which is here used improperly, to denote derision. (Worthington)_...
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...
He further explains how the Jews should be devastated and become a reproach among the nations. Now, he does not speak of their dispersion, but uses two words for one idea: he puts חרפה, _cherepheh, _w...
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,...
SO IT SHALL BE A REPROACH AND A TAUNT,.... The subject of the reproaches and taunts of the enemy; see Jeremiah 24:9; this is repeated for the greater confirmation of it: AN INSTRUCTION; or "disciplin...
So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that [are] round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebuk...
_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...
So it, Jerusalem, the former proud capital city, SHALL BE A REPROACH AND A TAUNT, AN INSTRUCTION, an example of warning to teach people a lesson, AND AN ASTONISHMENT UNTO THE NATIONS THAT ARE ROUND AB...
THE INTERPRETATION OF THE SIGN...
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...
A REPROACH: see EZEKIEL 5:14. A TAUNT; a very proverb among men. AN INSTRUCTION; sinners like thee shall learn by thy miseries what they may expect from me, and they shall acknowledge Divine justice i...
Ezekiel 5:15 reproach H2781 taunt H1422 lesson H4148 astonishment H4923 nations H1471 around H5439 execute H6213 (H8800
“Moreover I will make you a desolation and a reproach among the nations who are round about you, in the sight of all who pass by. So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishm...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:11; 1 Kings 9:7; Deuteronomy 29:24; Ezekiel 25:17;...
Taunt — A very proverb among them. Instruction — Sinners shall learn by thy miseries, what they may expect from me....