--- title: "Bullinger" description: "son of man . See note on Ezekiel 2:1 . knife = sword, as in Ezekiel 5:12 , and Ezekiel 11:8 , Ezekiel 11:10 take thee a barber" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/bullingers-companion-bible-notes/ezekiel/5" --- **son of man** . See note on [Ezekiel 2:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/1) . **knife** = sword, as in [Ezekiel 5:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/12) , and [Ezekiel 11:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/8) , [Ezekiel 11:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/10) **take thee a barber's rasor** = as a barber's rasor shalt thou take it. This is the sign of the Assyrian army; [Isaiah 7:20](../../../kjv/isaiah/7/20) ). **thee** . The 1611 edition of the Authorized Version reads "the". **in the midst of the city** . Which he had graven on the brick See the signification in [Ezekiel 5:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/12) , **fulfilled** = completed. Compare [Ezekiel 4:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/8) . **a** = the. Compare [Ezekiel 5:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/1) . **in** to. **wind** . Hebrew ruach. App-9 . **draw out a sword** , &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:33](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/33) ). **sword** . Same word as "knife" (vs [Ezekiel 5:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/1) ). App-92 . **the house of Israel** . As in [Ezekiel 4:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/3) . **the Lord GOD** = Adonai Jehovah, As in [Ezekiel 2:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/4) **This is Jerusalem** . Compare [Ezekiel 4:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/1) . **changed** = rejected, or rebelled against. Compare [Ezekiel 20:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/8) , [Ezekiel 20:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/13) , [Ezekiel 20:21](../../../kjv/ezekiel/20/21) , [Numbers 20:24](../../../kjv/numbers/20/24) ; [Numbers 27:14](../../../kjv/numbers/27/14) . Hebrew. *march.* Occurs forty-two times in O.T., and rendered "changed" only here. See notes on [Ezekiel 2:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/3) , [Ezekiel 2:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/2/6) . **wickedness** . Hebrew. *rdshii'.* App-44 . **they** : i.e. the nations and the countries. **multiplied** = rebelled. **statutes** . See notes on [Genesis 26:5](../../../kjv/genesis/26/5) .[Deuteronomy 4:1](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/1) . **neither have kept** = and have not kept. **neither have done** , &c.: or, "and according to the statutes of the nations which are round about you have not done". Some codices, with two early printed editions and Syriac, omit this "not". Compare [Ezekiel 11:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/12) . **Behold** . Figure of speech *Asterismos,* App-6 . **the fathers shall eat** , &c. = fathers shall eat, &c. (no Art.) Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:29](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/29) . [Deuteronomy 28:53](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/53) ). **as I live** . Figures of speech *Deesis* and *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 . **saith the LORD** = [is] Jehovah's oracle. **hast defiled** . This charge is substantiated in [Ezekiel 8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8) . **diminish thee** . So the Western codices. Hebrew. *'egra'* (with *Resh* = r). But the Eastern oodices read 'egda' (with *Daleth* = d) =. "I shall cut off", with the former reading in margin, But some codices, with two early printed editions, read "cut off" in the text. **Mine eye,** &c. Figure of speech *Anthropopatheia.* App-6 , Ref to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 13:8](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/13/8) ). Compare [Ezekiel 7:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/7/4) ; [Ezekiel 8:18](../../../kjv/ezekiel/8/18) ; [Ezekiel 9:10](../../../kjv/ezekiel/9/10) . App-92 . **A third pert,** &c. This is the signification of the sign (verses: [Ezekiel 5:1-4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/5/1-4) ). **pestilence, and with famine** . Op. Josephus, *Antiquities* x, 8. i. **all the winds** = all quarters, Figure of speech *Metonymy* (of Adjunct), App-6 . **and** . Note the Figure of speech *Polyeyndeton* ( App-6 ). **I will be comforted.** Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:36](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/36) ). Compare [Isaiah 1:24](../../../kjv/isaiah/1/24) , App-92 . **the LORD** . Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 . **zeal** = jealousy. **I will make thee waste** . Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:31](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/31) , [Leviticus 26:32](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/32) ). App-92 , **be a reproach and a taunt,** Sc. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 28:37](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/28/37) , the words being different). App-92 . **unto.** Some codices, with one early printed edition, Septuagint, and Vulgate, read "in", or "among". **I shall sand,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Deuteronomy 32:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/23) , [Deuteronomy 32:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/24) ). **which** : or, who. **break your staff of bread,** &c. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:26](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/26) ). App-92 . Compare [Ezekiel 4:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/4/13) . **So will I send,** Sc, Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:22](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/22) .[Deuteronomy 32:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/24); [Deuteronomy 32:24](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/32/24) ), **I will bring the sword** , Re. Reference to Pentateuch ([Leviticus 26:25](../../../kjv/leviticus/26/25) ). App-92 . Compare [Ezekiel 6:3](../../../kjv/ezekiel/6/3) ; [Ezekiel 11:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/8) ; [Ezekiel 11:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/14) , [Ezekiel 11:17](../../../kjv/ezekiel/11/17) ; [Ezekiel 29:8](../../../kjv/ezekiel/29/8) ; [Ezekiel 33:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/33/2) . 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