Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:1-17
Chapter 5Now 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 your beard. He must surely have been a colorful sight there to these people. No doubt they took notice. They would have a hard time not observing.then take balances to weigh, and divide your hair. And you shall burn with fire a third part in the middle of the city, when the days of the... read more
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 5:1-17
The last methods of punishment symbolised and interpreted (chap. Ezekiel 5:1-17)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The requirements made of Ezekiel still proceed in his house. Already he has been a sign that Jerusalem would undergo a thorough siege; that specified periods of stringent suffering should be allotted to both portions of the house of Israel; that hunger, anxiety, and defilement would be encountered; and furthermore, he is to be a sign of the various forms of penalty which should be incurred as the... read more