Ezekiel 5:15 NIV

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 5:15

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 "discipline", or "correction" F24 מוסר "disciplina", Pagninus; "castigatio", Vatablus, Starckius. . The meaning is, that the Gentiles, seeing the judgments of God upon the Jews, would hereby learn righteousness, forsake their sins, amend their ways, and fear, the Lord: and an... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:15

Verse 15 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, which signifies a reproach, and adds גדופה , gedopheh, which signifies a taunt and a mocking: but this could not take place without the slaughter of the people. Unless the profane heathen had some ground for it, there was no reason why they should utter their taunts and hissings against the... 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 5:14-15

The shame of moral shipwreck, and its lessons. All the nations round about were to be witnesses of the shipwreck of Israel. The eyes of the world are upon the Church. No single Christian man can fall without his ruin being observed by many neighbor's. The city set on a hill cannot be hid in its prosperity and splendour; much less will it be unnoticed when it is wrapped in flames, and even later when its melancholy ruins tell the world a tale of fallen greatness. The spectacle is striking;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:14-15

A reproach and a lesson. The symbolical prediction recorded m this chapter was evidently intended to convey to the minds of the Jews the Divine purpose that their city should be destroyed, and their nation dispersed and politically extinguished. A third part should perish by pestilence and famine, a third part should be slain, and the remaining third part should be scattered throughout the earth. So far, all seems vengeance. There appears, for the present, no ray of light to irradiate the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:15

A reproach and a taunt, etc. An echo of Deuteronomy 28:37 . The accumulation of synonyms in both clauses of the verse is eminently characteristic of Ezekiel's style. Word follows word, like the strokes of a sledge hammer. The word for "instruction" is that which occurs so often in the Book of Proverbs ( Proverbs 1:2 , Proverbs 1:3 , and in twenty-two other passages). In Deuteronomy 11:12 ; Isaiah 53:5 ; Jeremiah 30:14 , the Authorized Version renders it "chastisement," and that... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 5:15-17

Ezekiel 5:15-17. 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 Hail, tempest, drought, mildew, locusts, all which contribute to make a famine. So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts Wild beasts multiply in a land when it becomes uninhabited, Exodus 23:29. This likewise is a punishment which, among others, was threatened against the... 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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:15

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 5:15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:5-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:11-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:14-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 5:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 5:15-17

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 5:1-17

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