Lectionary Calendar
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
Maundy Thursday
There are 3 days til Easter!
Attention!
We are taking food to Ukrainians still living near the front lines. You can help by getting your church involved.
Click to donate today!

Bible Commentaries
Ezekiel 5

Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeTreasury of Scripture Knowledge

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

Bibliographical Information
Torrey, R. A. "Commentary on Ezekiel 5". "Treasury of Scripture Knowledge". https://studylight.org/commentaries/eng/tsk/ezekiel-5.html.
adsFree icon
Ads FreeProfile