Ezekiel 5:13

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5-17

We have here the explanation of the foregoing similitude: This is Jerusalem. Thus it is usual in scripture language to give the name of the thing signified to the sign; as when Christ said, This is my body. The prophet's head, which was to be shaved, signified Jerusalem, which by the judgments of God was now to be stripped of all its ornaments, to be emptied of all its inhabitants, and to be set naked and bare, to be shaved with a razor that is hired, Isa. 7:20. The head of one that was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:13

Thus shall mine anger be accomplished ,.... Finished, perfected, consummated, by bringing the above judgments upon them, pestilence, famine, and sword, and by scattering them to every wind: what had been threatened long, and only some drops of it were let fall in times past, now was poured forth to the uttermost: and I will cause my fury to rest upon them ; to continue and abide upon them, and not move, at least for the space of threescore and ten years; see Zechariah 1:12 ; and I... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:13

I will cause my fury to rest - My displeasure, and the evidences of it, shall not be transient; they shall be permanent upon you, and among you. And is not this dreadfully true to the present day? read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:13

Verse 13 In this verse the Prophet only teaches what he had said before, but by way of confirmation, namely, that God’s vengeance would be horrible and unceasing until the destruction and extinction of the people. There are some who think that this was interposed that God might mitigate the rigor of his vengeance, and so this verse, according to them, contains a promise of pardon; but it is rather a threat. For what they assert — that God would cause his anger to cease — cannot stand. For it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5-17

Pre-eminent privilege, perversity, and punishment. "Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem," etc. In these and some succeeding verses we have the interpretation of the symbolism of the previous part of the chapter; or "an authoritative commentary on the preceding allegory." The text presents to our notice— I. A POSITION OF PRE - EMINENT PRIVILEGE . "Thus saith the Lord God; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:11-17

The Divine Remonstrator. It is clear as daylight that the root sin of the Jews was unbelief. Although the prophets of Jehovah brought incontestable evidence that they spake in God's Name, and spake only words of truth, the people closed their ears, and treated the warning with contempt. They were in love with sin, and were resolved not to part from it. Proofs that God spake through the lips of these prophets were abundant. I. THERE WAS THE REPEATED ASSERTION OF HONEST ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:13

I will cause my fury to rest upon them, etc.; Revised Version, I will satisfy, etc. The phrase meets us again in Ezekiel 16:42 ; Ezekiel 21:17 ; Ezekiel 24:13 . To "rest" here is to "repose" rather than to "abide." The thought is that a righteous anger, like that of Jehovah, rests ( i.e. is quieted) when it has done its work, and that in this sense God is "comforted," either as rejoicing in the punishment of evil for its own sake (as in Deuteronomy 28:63 ; Isaiah 1:24 ), or... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 5:13

Comforted - In the sense of “consoling oneself” and “feeling satisfaction in punishing;” hence, to “avenge oneself.”The fury is to “rest” upon them, abide, so as not to pass away. The “accomplishment” of the divine anger is not the “completion” in the sense of bringing it to a close, but in the sense of carrying it out to the full. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 5:12-13

Ezekiel 5:12-13. A third part of thee, &c. In this verse is given an explication of what the burning of the hair, the smiting of it with a knife, &c., signified: see on Ezekiel 5:2. And I will draw out a sword after them My anger shall still pursue them, even into the countries whither they shall be banished and carried captives. As this was particularly fulfilled in those that went into Egypt, (see on Ezekiel 5:4,) so it has been remarkably verified in the several persecutions... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:1-17

Jerusalem destroyed (5:1-17)The last of this group of four acted parables was again concerned with the siege of Jerusalem. It dealt more specifically with the dreadful fate that awaited the citizens.Ezekiel shaved his hair, weighed it, then divided it into three equal parts. One part he burnt on his model city (the brick), symbolizing the death of one third of the city’s people through famine and disease. The second part he scattered around the model city, then chopped up the hair with a sword,... read more

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