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Selected Verse: Ezekiel 5:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Eze 5:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou shalt burn [01197] with fire [0217] a third part [07992] in the midst [08432] of the city [05892], when the days [03117] of the siege [04692] are fulfilled [04390]: and thou shalt take [03947] a third part [07992], and smite [05221] about [05439] it with a knife [02719]: and a third part [07992] thou shalt scatter [02219] in the wind [07307]; and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them. |
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King James |
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
| Three classes are described. The sword was to destroy one third of the people; famine and plague another third ("fire" in Eze 5:2 being explained in Eze 5:12 to mean pestilence and famine); that which remained was to be scattered among the nations. A few only of the last portion were to escape, symbolized by the hairs bound in Ezekiel's skirts (Eze 5:3; Jer 40:6; Jer 52:16). Even of these some were to be thrown into the fiery ordeal again (Eze 5:4; Jer 41:1-2, &c.; Jer 44:14, &c.). The "skirts" being able to contain but few express that extreme limit to which God's goodness can reach. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
"The third part burnt in the midst of the city" represents those who perished within the city during the siege; "the third part smitten about it" (the city) "with" the sword, those who were killed about the city during the same period: "the third part scattered to the wind" those who after the siege were dispersed in foreign lands.
In the midst of the city - The prophet is in exile, and is to do this in the midst of Jerusalem. His action being ideal is fitly assigned to the place which the prophecy concerns.
When the days of the siege are fulfilled - i. e., "when the days of the figurative representation of the siege are fulfilled." |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| A third part - Described on the tile, Eze 4:1, a type of what should be done in Jerusalem. The days - When the three hundred and ninety days of thy lying against the portrayed city shall be ended. With a knife - To signify them that fall by the sword. Scatter - To typify them that fell to the Chaldeans, or fled to Egypt, or other countries. |
14 So that none of the remnant [07611] of Judah [03063], which are gone [0935] into the land [0776] of Egypt [04714] to sojourn [01481] there, shall escape [06412] or remain [08300], that they should return [07725] into the land [0776] of Judah [03063], to the which they have [05375] a desire [05315] to return [07725] to dwell [03427] there: for none shall return [07725] but such as shall escape [06405].
1 Now it came to pass in the seventh [07637] month [02320], that Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418] the son [01121] of Elishama [0476], of the seed [02233] royal [04410], and the princes [07227] of the king [04428], even ten [06235] men [0582] with him, came [0935] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04709]; and there they did eat [0398] bread [03899] together [03162] in Mizpah [04708].
2 Then arose [06965] Ishmael [03458] the son [01121] of Nethaniah [05418], and the ten [06235] men [0582] that were with him, and smote [05221] Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] the son [01121] of Shaphan [08227] with the sword [02719], and slew [04191] him, whom the king [04428] of Babylon [0894] had made governor [06485] over the land [0776].
4 Then take of them again [03947], and cast [07993] them into the midst [08432] of the fire [0784], and burn [08313] them in the fire [0784]; for thereof shall a fire [0784] come forth [03318] into all the house [01004] of Israel [03478].
16 But Nebuzaradan [05018] the captain [07227] of the guard [02876] left [07604] certain of the poor [01803] of the land [0776] for vinedressers [03755] and for husbandmen [03009].
6 Then went [0935] Jeremiah [03414] unto Gedaliah [01436] the son [01121] of Ahikam [0296] to Mizpah [04708]; and dwelt [03427] with him among [08432] the people [05971] that were left [07604] in the land [0776].
3 Thou shalt also take [03947] thereof a few [04592] in number [04557], and bind [06696] them in thy skirts [03671].
12 A third part [07992] of thee shall die [04191] with the pestilence [01698], and with famine [07458] shall they be consumed [03615] in the midst [08432] of thee: and a third part [07992] shall fall [05307] by the sword [02719] round about [05439] thee; and I will scatter [02219] a third part [07992] into all the winds [07307], and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them.
2 Thou shalt burn [01197] with fire [0217] a third part [07992] in the midst [08432] of the city [05892], when the days [03117] of the siege [04692] are fulfilled [04390]: and thou shalt take [03947] a third part [07992], and smite [05221] about [05439] it with a knife [02719]: and a third part [07992] thou shalt scatter [02219] in the wind [07307]; and I will draw out [07324] a sword [02719] after [0310] them.
1 Thou also, son [01121] of man [0120], take [03947] thee a tile [03843], and lay [05414] it before [06440] thee, and pourtray [02710] upon it the city [05892], even Jerusalem [03389]: