Ezekiel 5:2-4
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People of Jerusalem Scattered
5 “Son of man,[a] after your famine[b] you must do this: Take a sharp sword and use it like a barber’s razor. Shave off your hair and beard. Put the hair on a scale and weigh it. Separate it into three equal parts. Put a third of your hair on the brick that has the picture of the city on it. Burn that hair in that ‘city.’ Then use the sword and cut a third of your hair into small pieces all around the outside of the ‘city.’ Next, throw a third of your hair into the air and let the wind blow it away. This will show that I will pull out my sword and chase some of the people into faraway countries. 3 But then you must get a few of those hairs and wrap them up in your robe. 4 Take some of those hairs and throw them into the fire. This will show that a fire will start there and burn throughout the whole house of Israel.[c]”
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- Ezekiel 5:1 Son of man This was usually just a way of saying “a person” or “a human being.” Here, it is a way of addressing Ezekiel.
- Ezekiel 5:1 your famine Or “your attack on the city.” See Ezek. 4:8.
- Ezekiel 5:4 house of Israel This probably means the people of the northern ten tribes of Israel.
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