Ezekiel 5:1-3

1 Et toi, fils de l'homme, prends une épée tranchante; prends un rasoir de barbier; prends-le, et le fais passer sur ta tête et sur ta barbe. Prends ensuite une balance à peser, et partage ce que tu auras coupé.

2 Tu en brûleras un tiers au feu, au milieu de la ville, à mesure que les jours du siège s'accompliront; puis tu en prendras un autre tiers, que tu frapperas de l'épée tout autour de la ville; et tu disperseras au vent le dernier tiers, et je tirerai l'épée après eux.

3 Toutefois tu en prendras une petite quantité, que tu serreras dans les pans de ton manteau;

Ezekiel 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.