Bible Commentaries
Ezekiel 5

Introduction

Overview

Ezekiel 5:1, Under the type of hair, Ezekiel 5:5, is shewn the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion; Ezekiel 5:12, by famine, sword, and dispersion.

Verse 1

son: In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in attempting to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt.

take: Ezekiel 44:20, Leviticus 21:5, Isaiah 7:20

then: Daniel 5:27

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 13:18 - Smite Jeremiah 18:2 - and go Jeremiah 24:9 - to be removed Jeremiah 43:9 - great Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Ezekiel 4:1 - take Ezekiel 21:19 - General

Verse 2

shalt burn: Ezekiel 5:12, Jeremiah 9:21, Jeremiah 9:22, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 38:2

the city: Ezekiel 4:1-8

I will draw: Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 12:14, Leviticus 26:33, Jeremiah 9:16, Amos 9:2, Amos 9:3

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:11 - the rest Job 30:22 - liftest me Psalms 68:1 - be scattered Isaiah 24:1 - scattereth Jeremiah 12:12 - the sword Jeremiah 13:24 - will Jeremiah 24:9 - to be removed Jeremiah 31:10 - He Jeremiah 49:37 - I will send the sword Ezekiel 5:10 - the whole Ezekiel 6:8 - General Amos 9:4 - go Zechariah 13:8 - two

Verse 3

a few: 2 Kings 25:12, Jeremiah 39:10, Jeremiah 40:6, Jeremiah 52:16, Matthew 7:14, Luke 13:23, Luke 13:24, 1 Peter 4:18

skirts: Heb. wings

Reciprocal: Isaiah 24:6 - and few Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews Jeremiah 42:2 - left Jeremiah 42:22 - know Ezekiel 33:24 - they that

Verse 4

take: 2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 41:1 - Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 52:30

shall a fire: Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 48:45

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down Jeremiah 42:2 - left Jeremiah 42:22 - know Ezekiel 7:11 - none Ezekiel 28:18 - therefore Ezekiel 33:24 - they that Matthew 26:26 - this 1 Corinthians 10:4 - that Rock

Verse 5

This: Ezekiel 4:1, Jeremiah 6:6, Luke 22:19, Luke 22:20, 1 Corinthians 10:4

I have: Ezekiel 16:14, Deuteronomy 4:6, Micah 5:7, Matthew 5:14

Reciprocal: Matthew 26:26 - this

Verse 6

she hath: Ezekiel 16:47, Deuteronomy 32:15-21, 2 Kings 17:8-20, Psalms 106:20, Romans 1:23-25, 1 Corinthians 5:1, Jude 1:4

for they: Nehemiah 9:16, Nehemiah 9:17, Psalms 78:10, Jeremiah 5:3, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 9:6, Jeremiah 11:10, Zechariah 7:11

Reciprocal: Exodus 10:3 - How long Exodus 16:28 - General Isaiah 59:12 - our transgressions Jeremiah 5:28 - overpass Ezekiel 16:27 - which Hebrews 12:25 - refuse

Verse 7

neither have done: Ezekiel 5:11, Ezekiel 16:47, Ezekiel 16:48, Ezekiel 16:54, 2 Kings 21:9-11, 2 Chronicles 33:9, Jeremiah 2:10, Jeremiah 2:11

Reciprocal: Jeremiah 5:28 - overpass Ezekiel 16:27 - which

Verse 8

even I: Ezekiel 15:7, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 26:3, Ezekiel 28:22, Ezekiel 35:3, Ezekiel 39:1, Leviticus 26:17-46, Deuteronomy 29:20, Jeremiah 21:5, Jeremiah 21:13, Lamentations 2:5, Lamentations 3:3, Zechariah 14:2, Zechariah 14:3, Matthew 22:7

in the: Ezekiel 25:2-6, Ezekiel 26:2, Ezekiel 29:6, Ezekiel 29:7, Ezekiel 35:10-15, Deuteronomy 29:23-28, 1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 50:7, Lamentations 2:15-17

Reciprocal: Genesis 6:17 - behold Exodus 14:17 - behold Jeremiah 4:12 - give sentence Jeremiah 23:39 - even I Jeremiah 50:31 - I am Ezekiel 5:14 - the nations Ezekiel 11:9 - and will Ezekiel 13:8 - behold Ezekiel 16:41 - and execute Ezekiel 25:11 - I will Ezekiel 30:19 - General Ezekiel 34:10 - I am Ezekiel 34:11 - I Nahum 2:13 - I am

Verse 9

that which: Lamentations 4:6, Lamentations 4:9, Daniel 9:12, Amos 3:2, Matthew 24:21, The sentence here passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, and the manner of expression makes it yet more so: the judgments are various, the threatenings of them varied, reiterated; so that one may well say, Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry?

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 7:5 - General

Verse 10

the fathers: Leviticus 26:29, Deuteronomy 28:53-57, Deuteronomy 28:64, 2 Kings 6:29, Isaiah 9:20, Isaiah 49:26, Jeremiah 19:9, Lamentations 2:20, Lamentations 4:10

the whole: Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 6:8, Ezekiel 12:14, Ezekiel 20:23, Ezekiel 22:15, Ezekiel 36:19, Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 4:27, Deuteronomy 28:64, Deuteronomy 32:26, Nehemiah 1:8, Psalms 44:11, Jeremiah 9:16, Jeremiah 44:12, Jeremiah 50:17, Amos 9:9, Zechariah 2:6, Zechariah 7:14, Luke 21:24

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 6:28 - Give thy son 2 Kings 25:3 - the famine Jeremiah 6:21 - fathers Jeremiah 13:14 - even Jeremiah 31:10 - He Jeremiah 49:32 - I will scatter Jeremiah 49:36 - scatter Jeremiah 52:6 - the famine Lamentations 2:19 - that faint Lamentations 4:3 - the daughter Ezekiel 11:9 - and will Ezekiel 25:11 - I will Zechariah 11:9 - and let

Verse 11

as I live: Numbers 14:28-35, Psalms 95:11, Amos 8:7, Hebrews 6:13

thou hast: Ezekiel 8:5, Ezekiel 8:6, Ezekiel 8:16, Ezekiel 23:28, Ezekiel 44:7, 2 Kings 21:4, 2 Kings 21:7, 2 Kings 23:12, 2 Chronicles 33:4, 2 Chronicles 33:7, 2 Chronicles 36:14, Jeremiah 7:9-11, Jeremiah 32:34

detestable: Ezekiel 7:20, Ezekiel 11:18, Ezekiel 11:21, Deuteronomy 7:25, Deuteronomy 7:26, Jeremiah 16:18, Jeremiah 44:4

will I: Ezekiel 29:15, Psalms 107:39, Jeremiah 10:24, *marg. Romans 11:12

neither shall: Ezekiel 7:4, Ezekiel 7:9, Ezekiel 8:18, Ezekiel 9:5, Ezekiel 9:10, Ezekiel 24:14, Deuteronomy 29:20, Lamentations 2:21, Zechariah 11:6, Malachi 3:17, Romans 8:32, Romans 11:21, 2 Peter 2:4, 2 Peter 2:5

Reciprocal: Leviticus 15:31 - that they Leviticus 20:3 - to defile Numbers 14:21 - as truly Deuteronomy 13:8 - shall thine Job 16:13 - doth Psalms 78:50 - he spared Isaiah 30:14 - he shall not Jeremiah 13:14 - I will not Lamentations 2:17 - he hath thrown Ezekiel 5:7 - neither have done Ezekiel 7:11 - none Ezekiel 8:3 - the image Ezekiel 33:11 - As I live Ezekiel 43:8 - setting Romans 14:11 - As 1 Corinthians 3:17 - any

Verse 12

third part of: Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 6:12, Jeremiah 15:2, Jeremiah 21:9, Zechariah 13:7-9

and I will scatter: Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 5:10, Ezekiel 6:8, Jeremiah 9:16, Zechariah 7:14

and I will draw: This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed. Ezekiel 5:2, Ezekiel 12:14, Leviticus 26:33, Deuteronomy 28:65, Jeremiah 42:16, Jeremiah 42:17, Jeremiah 42:22, Jeremiah 43:10, Jeremiah 43:11, Jeremiah 44:27, Amos 9:4

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 25:3 - the famine Psalms 92:9 - scattered Isaiah 26:15 - thou hadst Jeremiah 13:24 - will Jeremiah 14:12 - but Jeremiah 15:9 - and the Jeremiah 16:4 - consumed Jeremiah 21:6 - they Jeremiah 24:9 - to be removed Jeremiah 24:10 - General Jeremiah 29:17 - Behold Jeremiah 38:2 - He Jeremiah 40:11 - all the Jews Jeremiah 49:32 - I will scatter Jeremiah 49:36 - scatter Jeremiah 49:37 - I will send the sword Jeremiah 51:2 - fanners Lamentations 1:3 - she Ezekiel 5:17 - and pestilence Ezekiel 6:11 - fall Ezekiel 7:15 - General Ezekiel 14:17 - I bring Ezekiel 14:19 - if I Ezekiel 14:21 - my four Ezekiel 17:21 - all his fugitives Ezekiel 21:3 - will draw Ezekiel 22:15 - scatter Ezekiel 28:23 - I will send Ezekiel 33:27 - surely Ezekiel 36:19 - I scattered Micah 6:14 - and thou Zechariah 2:6 - spread Zechariah 13:8 - two

Verse 13

shall mine: Ezekiel 6:12, Ezekiel 7:8, Ezekiel 13:15, Ezekiel 20:8, Ezekiel 20:21, Jeremiah 25:12, Lamentations 4:11, Lamentations 4:22, Daniel 9:2, Daniel 11:36

I will cause: Ezekiel 16:42, Ezekiel 16:63, Ezekiel 21:17, Ezekiel 23:25, Ezekiel 24:13, Isaiah 1:21

I will be: Deuteronomy 32:36, Isaiah 1:24, Zechariah 6:8

spoken: Ezekiel 6:10, Ezekiel 36:5, Ezekiel 36:6, Ezekiel 38:18, Ezekiel 38:19, Isaiah 9:7, Isaiah 59:17

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:28 - in fury Deuteronomy 28:63 - rejoice over 2 Kings 19:31 - the zeal Esther 7:10 - Then was the king's Isaiah 22:25 - for the Isaiah 59:18 - fury Jeremiah 4:4 - lest Jeremiah 5:9 - and shall Jeremiah 21:6 - they Jeremiah 24:9 - to be removed Jeremiah 36:7 - for Jeremiah 44:6 - my fury Jeremiah 44:22 - could Lamentations 2:4 - he poured Ezekiel 5:17 - I the Ezekiel 6:9 - I am Ezekiel 7:3 - and I Ezekiel 12:15 - General Ezekiel 22:14 - I the Ezekiel 24:8 - it might Ezekiel 26:14 - for I Hosea 10:10 - in my Nahum 1:2 - is furious

Verse 14

I will: Ezekiel 22:4, Leviticus 26:31, Leviticus 26:32, Deuteronomy 28:37, 2 Chronicles 7:20, 2 Chronicles 7:21, Nehemiah 2:17, Psalms 74:3-10, Psalms 79:1-4, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Jeremiah 19:8, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiah 24:10, Jeremiah 42:18, Lamentations 1:4, Lamentations 1:8, Lamentations 2:15-17, Lamentations 5:18, Micah 3:12

the nations: Ezekiel 5:8

Reciprocal: Psalms 89:41 - he is Isaiah 24:1 - maketh the Jeremiah 2:15 - they made Jeremiah 23:40 - General Ezekiel 6:6 - the cities Mark 10:20 - General

Verse 15

an instruction: Deuteronomy 29:24-28, 1 Kings 9:7, Psalms 79:4, Isaiah 26:9, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, 1 Corinthians 10:11

when: Ezekiel 25:17, Isaiah 66:15, Isaiah 66:16, Nahum 1:2

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:28 - in fury Leviticus 26:32 - and your Psalms 89:41 - he is Isaiah 14:4 - proverb Isaiah 22:25 - for the Jeremiah 23:40 - General Ezekiel 5:17 - I the Ezekiel 11:9 - and will Ezekiel 14:8 - a sign Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 23:48 - that Ezekiel 25:11 - I will Ezekiel 26:14 - for I Ezekiel 30:19 - General Ezekiel 35:3 - most desolate Zechariah 8:13 - a curse Revelation 6:8 - kill

Verse 16

the evil: Deuteronomy 32:23, Deuteronomy 32:24, Psalms 7:13, Psalms 91:5-7, Lamentations 3:12

and will: Ezekiel 4:16, Ezekiel 14:13, Leviticus 26:26, 2 Kings 6:25, Isaiah 3:1

Reciprocal: Psalms 104:15 - bread Lamentations 1:11 - seek Lamentations 2:19 - that faint

Verse 17

and evil: Ezekiel 14:15, Ezekiel 14:21, Ezekiel 33:27, Ezekiel 34:25-28, Exodus 23:29, Leviticus 26:22, Deuteronomy 32:24, 2 Kings 17:25, Jeremiah 15:3

and pestilence: Ezekiel 5:12, Ezekiel 14:19, Ezekiel 38:22

and I: Ezekiel 6:12, Ezekiel 21:3, Ezekiel 23:47

I the: Ezekiel 5:13, Ezekiel 5:15, Ezekiel 17:21, Ezekiel 17:24, Ezekiel 21:32, Ezekiel 22:14, Ezekiel 26:14, Ezekiel 30:12, Ezekiel 37:14, Matthew 24:35

Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:6 - rid Leviticus 26:25 - will bring Isaiah 22:25 - for the Jeremiah 13:1 - Go Jeremiah 27:2 - put Lamentations 1:11 - seek Ezekiel 14:17 - I bring Hosea 1:2 - Go Hosea 12:10 - used