Ezequiel 5:1-3

1 Y tú, hijo de hombre, toma una espada afilada; tómala y hazla pasar sobre tu cabeza y sobre tu barba como navaja de barbero. Toma luego una balanza y divide el pelo cortado.

2 Una tercera parte quemarás a fuego en medio de la ciudad cuando terminen los días del sitio. Otra tercera parte tomarás y golpearás con la espada alrededor de la ciudad; y la otra tercera parte esparcirás al viento, y yo desenvainaré la espada detrás de ellos.

3 Toma también de allí unos pocos en número y átalos en la orla de tu manto.

Ezequiel 5:1-3 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 5

This chapter is of the same argument with the former; and contains a type of Jerusalem's destruction; an explanation of that type; what were the reasons of God's judgments on that city; and the nature, rise, and end of them. The type is in Eze 5:1-4; the explanation of that type is in Eze 5:5; the reasons of the severe judgments threatened are changing the statutes of the Lord, and not walking in them, and defiling the sanctuary with their abominations, Eze 5:6-11; an account of the judgments of God, answerable to each of the parts in the type, Eze 5:12; the ends of these judgments are, with respect to God, the accomplishment of his anger, and the satisfaction of his justice; with respect to the Jews, bringing them to an acknowledgment that he had spoken in his zeal; and, with respect to the nations, their instruction and astonishment, Eze 5:13-15; and the chapter is concluded with an assurance that these judgments would be sent, Eze 5:16,17.