1-4 Under the type of hair 5-11 is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion 12-17 by famine, sword, and dispersion

son. In this expressive emblem, the prophet represents the Jewish nation; his hair, the people; the razor, the Chaldeans; the cutting of the hair, the calamities and disgrace coming upon them; the balances, the exact distribution of the Divine judgments; the third part of the hair burnt, those destroyed in the city; the third part smitten with a knife, those slain in trying to escape; the third part scattered to the winds, those who escaped to other countries; the few hairs in his skirt, those left with Gedaliah; and the burning of these, their destruction in Egypt.

take Eze 44:20 Le 21:5 Isa 7:20

then Da 5:27

2 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.

shalt burn Eze 5:12 Jer 9:21,22 15:2 24:10 38:2

the city Eze 4:1-8

I will draw Eze 5:12 12:14 Le 26:33 Jer 9:16 Am 9:2,3

3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

a few 2Ki 25:12 Jer 39:10 40:6 52:16 Mt 7:14 Lu 13:23,24 1Pe 4:18

skirts [heb] wings

4 Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

take 2Ki 25:25 Jer 41:1-45:1 52:30

shall a fire Jer 4:4 48:45

5 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.

This Eze 4:1 Jer 6:6 Lu 22:19,20 1Co 10:4

I have Eze 16:14 De 4:6 Mic 5:7 Mt 5:14

6 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.

she hath Eze 16:47 De 32:15-21 2Ki 17:8-20 Ps 106:20 Ro 1:23-25 1Co 5:1 Jude 1:4

for they Ne 9:16,17 Ps 78:10 Jer 5:3 8:5 9:6 11:10 Zec 7:11

7 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;

neither have done Eze 5:11 16:47,48,54 2Ki 21:9-11 2Ch 33:9 Jer 2:10,11

8 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.

even I Eze 15:7 21:3 26:3 28:22 35:3 39:1 Le 26:17 De 29:20 Jer 21:5,13 La 2:5 3:3 Zec 14:2,3 Mt 22:7

in the Eze 25:2-6 26:2 29:6,7 35:10-15 De 29:23-28 1Ki 9:8,9 Jer 22:8,9 24:9 50:7 La 2:15-17

9 And I will do in thee that which I have not done, and whereunto I will not do any more the like, because of all thine abominations.

that which La 4:6,9 Da 9:12 Am 3:2 Mt 24:21

The sentence here passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, and the manner of expression makes it yet more so: the judgments are various, the threatening of them varied, reiterated; so that one may well say, Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry.

10 Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.

the fathers Le 26:29 De 28:53-57,64 2Ki 6:29 Isa 9:20 49:26 49:26 Jer 19:9 La 2:20 4:10

the whole Eze 5:2,12 6:8 12:14 20:23 22:15 36:19 Le 26:33 De 4:27 28:64 32:26 Ne 1:8 Ps 44:11 Jer 9:16 44:12 50:17 Am 9:9 Zec 2:6 7:14 Lu 21:24

11 Wherefore, as I live, saith the Lord GOD; Surely, because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things, and with all thine abominations, therefore will I also diminish thee; neither shall mine eye spare, neither will I have any pity.

as I live Nu 14:28-35 Ps 95:11 Am 8:7 Heb 6:13

thou hast Eze 8:5,6,16 23:28 44:7 2Ki 21:4,7 23:12 2Ch 33:4,7 36:14 Jer 7:9-11 32:34

detestable Eze 7:20 11:18,21 De 7:25,26 Jer 16:18 44:4

will I Eze 29:15 Ps 107:39 Jer 10:24 Ro 11:12

neither shall Eze 7:4,9 8:18 9:5,10 24:14 De 29:20 La 2:21 Zec 11:6 Mal 3:17 Ro 8:32 11:21 2Pe 2:4,5

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.

third part of Eze 5:2 6:12 Jer 15:2 21:9 Zec 13:7-9

and I will scatter Eze 5:2,10 6:8 Jer 9:16 Zec 7:14

and I will draw. This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and had been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed. Eze 5:2 12:14 Le 26:33 De 28:65 Jer 42:16,17,22 43:10,11 44:27 Am 9:4

13 Thus shall mine anger be accomplished, and I will cause my fury to rest upon them, and I will be comforted: and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal, when I have accomplished my fury in them.

shall mine Eze 6:12 7:8 13:15 20:8,21 Jer 25:12 La 4:11,22 Da 9:2 11:36

I will cause Eze 16:42,63 21:17 23:25 24:13 Isa 1:21

I will be De 32:36 Isa 1:24 Zec 6:8

spoken Eze 6:10 36:5,6 38:18,19 Isa 9:7 59:17

14 Moreover I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

I will Eze 22:4 Le 26:31,32 De 28:37 2Ch 7:20,21 Ne 2:17 Ps 74:3-10 79:1-4 Isa 64:10,11 Jer 19:8 24:9,10 42:18 La 1:4,8 2:15-17 5:18 5:18 Mic 3:12

the nations Eze 5:8

15 So it shall be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee, when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes. I the LORD have spoken it.

an instruction De 29:24-28 1Ki 9:7 Ps 79:4 Isa 26:9 Jer 22:8,9 1Co 10:11

when Eze 25:17 Isa 66:15,16 Na 1:2

16 When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine, which shall be for their destruction, and which I will send to destroy you: and I will increase the famine upon you, and will break your staff of bread:

the evil De 32:23,24 Ps 7:13 91:5-7 La 3:12

and will Eze 4:16 14:13 Le 26:26 2Ki 6:25 Isa 3:1

17 So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts, and they shall bereave thee: and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee; and I will bring the sword upon thee. I the LORD have spoken it.

and evil Eze 14:15,21 33:27 34:25-28 Ex 28:29 Le 26:22 De 32:24 2Ki 17:25 Jer 15:3

and pestilence Eze 5:12 14:19 38:22

and I Eze 6:12 21:3 23:47

I the Eze 5:13,15 17:21,24 21:32 22:14 26:14 30:12 37:14 Mt 24:35