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Ezekiel 5:1

Listen to Ezekiel 5:1
1 Et toi, fils de l'homme, prends un instrument tranchant, un rasoir de barbier; prends-le, et passe-le sur ta tĂȘte et sur ta barbe. Prends ensuite une balance Ă  peser, et partage les cheveux.

Ezekiel 5:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 5:1

And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife
Or, "sword" {m}. The word signifies any sharp instrument, by which anything is cut off, or cut asunder; what is here meant is explained by the following: take thee a barber's razor.
The Septuagint and Arabic versions read this in conjunction with the former, thus, "take thee a knife", or "sword, sharper than a barber's razor"; and so the Syriac version, "take thee a sword sharp as a barber's razor"; this sharp knife, sword, or razor, signifies, as Jarchi interprets it, Nebuchadnezzar; and very rightly; so the king of Assyria is called in ( Isaiah 7:20 ) : and cause [it] to pass upon thine head, and upon thy beard;
the "head" was a symbol of the city of Jerusalem, the metropolis of Judea; the "beard", of the cities, towns, and villages about it; and the "hair" of both, of the common people; compared to hair for their numbers, for their levity and unsteadiness, and for their being the beauty and ornament of the places where they lived; and the shaving of them denotes their disgrace and destruction, and mourning on account thereof: then take thee balances to weigh and divide the [hair].
The Syriac version adds, "into three parts"; signifying, that several distinct punishments would be inflicted on them, and these according to the righteous judgment of God; balances being a symbol of justice.


FOOTNOTES:

F13 (brx) "gladium", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus, Starckius.
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Ezekiel 5:1 In-Context

1 Et toi, fils de l'homme, prends un instrument tranchant, un rasoir de barbier; prends-le, et passe-le sur ta tĂȘte et sur ta barbe. Prends ensuite une balance Ă  peser, et partage les cheveux.
2 Brûles-en un tiers dans le feu, au milieu de la ville, lorsque les jours du siÚge seront accomplis; prends-en un tiers, et frappe-le avec le rasoir tout autour de la ville; disperses-en un tiers au vent, et je tirerai l'épée derriÚre eux.
3 Tu en prendras une petite quantitĂ©, que tu serreras dans les bords de ton vĂȘtement.
4 Et de ceux-là tu en prendras encore quelques-uns, que tu jetteras au feu et que tu brûleras dans le feu. De là sortira un feu contre toute la maison d'Israël.
5 Ainsi parle le Seigneur, l'Eternel: C'est là cette Jérusalem que j'avais placée au milieu des nations et des pays d'alentour.
The Louis Segond 1910 is in the public domain.

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