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Ezekiel 5 Summary
The Hair Divided and Jerusalem's Judgment
Ezekiel shaves his head and beard with a razor, dividing the hair into thirds: one third he burns in the city, one third he smites with a knife, and one third he scatters to the wind, with a sword drawn after them. He binds a few hairs in his skirts and casts them into the fire. The burnt hair signifies Jerusalem, set in the midst of nations, which hath changed God's judgments into wickedness and refused His statutes. God declares He will execute judgments through pestilence, famine, and sword, scattering the remnant to all winds.
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Ezekiel 5:1-2
“And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair. Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.”
Ezekiel 5:5-8
“Thus saith the Lord GOD; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her. And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations, and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her: for they have refused my judgments and my statutes, they have not walked in them. Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my judgments, neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you; Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I, even I, am against thee, and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations.”
Ezekiel 5:12
“A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence, and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee: and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee; and I will scatter a third part into all the winds, and I will draw out a sword after them.”
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