Eze 5:1

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Eze 5:1 Under the type of hair,

Eze 5:5 is shewn the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion;

Eze 5:12 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 attempting 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.

Ezek 44:20; Lev 21:5; Isa 7:20

then.

Da 5:27