Ezekiel 5:2

"“You, son of man, take a sharp sword. You shall take it as a barber’s razor to yourself, and shall cause it to pass over your head and over your beard. Then take balances to weigh and divide the hair."

Key Reflection

In Ezekiel 5:2, God instructs Ezekiel to symbolically shave his head with a sharp sword, representing divine judgment that would bring about the destruction of Jerusalem. The act of dividing the hair with balances signifies the precise and measured nature of this divine punishment, reflecting both its severity and its planned execution.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

“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.

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