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Joseph Exell

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

Chuck Smith

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

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 5:1-17

Ezekiel 5:1-2 . 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 third, and burn the hair within thy beautiful configuration or model-city. Cut the second portion in pieces, to designate the slaughter of the people by sword and famine. Scatter the third part in the wind, towards Egypt and the southern nations, after whom I will send the sword of the... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 5:7

Eze 5:7 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that [are] round about you, [and] have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that [are] round about you; Ver. 7. Because ye multiplied, ] scil., Your transgressions and superstitions, or because ye have abounded with blessings, and made me so ill a requital. Some render it Quia tumultuastis vos plus quam vicinae gentes; and... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Ezekiel 5:7

neither have done: Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 16:47, Ezekiel 16:48, Ezekiel 16:54, 2 Kings 21:9-1 Kings :, 2 Chronicles 33:9, Jeremiah 2:10, Jeremiah 2:11 Reciprocal: Jeremiah 5:28 - overpass Ezekiel 16:27 - which read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Ezekiel 5:7

Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you;Multiplied — In idols, superstitions, and wickedness.Neither — You have exceeded them in superstition and idolatry, and fallen short of them in moral virtues. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:5-11

5-11. Here begins the divine interpretation of this picture-sermon. Jehovah declares that it is because Jerusalem, which was the most highly favored of all cities, has exceeded all in wickedness, that its punishment is so unparalleled. It is for this reason that it shall be destroyed by famine and pestilence and sword, and shall become a lesson to the nations of God’s just and furious wrath, as it has been a distinguished example of his love and mercy. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:7

7. Because ye multiplied R.V., “Because ye are turbulent;” but Cornill’s emendation seems commendable: “because ye are rebellious.” Neither have done according to the judgments of the nations Not only have they failed to live up to the rules of right which Jehovah has approved and ordained, but they have even fallen below the heathen standard of righteousness (Ezekiel 16:47-48; Jeremiah 2:10-11). read more

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