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Ezequiel 5:1

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1 »Tú, hijo de hombre, toma ahora una espada afilada, y úsala como navaja de afeitar para raparte la cabeza y afeitarte la barba. Toma luego una balanza y divide tu cabello cortado.

Ezequiel 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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Ezequiel 5:1 In-Context

1 »Tú, hijo de hombre, toma ahora una espada afilada, y úsala como navaja de afeitar para raparte la cabeza y afeitarte la barba. Toma luego una balanza y divide tu cabello cortado.
2 Cuando se cumplan los días del sitio, quemarás en medio de la ciudad una tercera parte del cabello; otra tercera parte la cortarás con la espada alrededor de la ciudad, y la parte restante la esparcirás al viento. Yo, por mi parte, desenvainaré la espada y perseguiré a sus habitantes.
3 Toma algunos de los cabellos y átalos al borde de tu manto.
4 Luego toma otros pocos y arrójalos en el fuego para que se quemen. Desde allí se extenderá el fuego sobre todo el pueblo de Israel.
5 »Así dice el SEÑOR omnipotente: Esta es la ciudad de Jerusalén. Yo la coloqué en medio de las naciones y de los territorios a su alrededor.
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