Commentary on Ezekiel Chapters 1-20 John Calvin (continued)
Ezekiel 5
CHAPTER 5
Ezekiel 5:1-4
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
1. Et tu, fili hominis, sume tibi gladium acutum, novaculum tonsorum, sume eum tibi, et transire fac, 105 super caput tuum, et super barbam tuam: et sume tibi stateram ponderis, 106 et divide illa. 107
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.
2. Tertiam partem igne combures in medio urbis, ut completi fuerint dies 108 obsidionis: sumes tertiam partem, percuties gladio per circuitum ejus, tertiam vero partem sparges in ventum: et gladium evaginabo post eos.
3. Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
3. Et sumes inde exiguum in numero, et ligabis illa 109 in alis tuis. 110
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.
4. Et ex illis adhuc sumes, et projicies illa in medium ignis mittes et combures illa igne, unde egredetur ignis in totum domum Israel.
By another vision God confirms what he had lately taught concerning the siege
105That is, "draw it across" — Calvin. 106That is, "a just one." — Calvin. 107That is, "the hairs which are erect upon thy head and thy beard." — Calvin. 108"They shall be filled up;" literally, "for filling up the days" — Calvin. 109That is, "a small part in number." — Calvin. 110That is, "that part of them in the skirts of thy garments." — Calvin.