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Ezekiel 5:1 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 5 · verse 1
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.Ezekiel 5:1 · King James Version
Ezekiel 5:1 in context
1And 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.
2Thou 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.
3Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- barber'sgallâba barberH1532 →
- balancesmôʼzêna pair of scalesH3976 →
- sharpchadsharpH2299 →
- knifecherebdroughtH2719 →
- razortaʻara knife or razorH8593 →
- beardzâqânthe beardH2206 →
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We have here the sign by which the utter destruction of Jerusalem is set forth; and here, as before, the prophet is himself the sign, that the people might see how much he affected himself with, and interested himself in, the case of Jerusalem, and how it lay to his heart, even when he foretold the desolations of it.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-4