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. 44:20; Le 21:5; Isa 7:20;
then. Da 5:27;
shalt burn. ver. 12; Jer 9:21,22; 15:2; 24:10; 38:2;
the city. 4:1-8;
I will draw. ver. 12; 12:14; Le 26:33; Jer 9:16; Am 9:2,3;
a few. 2Ki 25:12; Jer 39:10; 40:6; 52:16; Mt 7:14; Lu 13:23,24; 1Pe 4:18;
take. 2Ki 25:25; Jer 41:1-44:30; 52:30;
This. 4:1; Jer 6:6; Lu 22:19,20; 1Co 10:4;
I have. 16:14; De 4:6; Mic 5:7; Mt 5:14;
she hath. 16:47; De 32:15-21; 2Ki 17:8-20; Ps 106:20; Ro 1:23-25; 1Co 5:1; Jude 1:4;
for they. Ne 9:16,17; Ps 78:10; Jer 5:3; 8:5; 9:6; 11:10; Zec 7:11;
neither have done. ver. 11; 16:47,48,54; 2Ki 21:9-11; 2Ch 33:9; Jer 2:10,11;
even I. 15:7; 21:3; 26:3; 28:22; 35:3; 39:1; Le 26:17-46; De 29:20; Jer 21:5,13; La 2:5; 3:3; Zec 14:2,3; Mt 22:7;
in the. 25:2-6; 26:2; 29:6,7; 35:10-15; De 29:23-28; 1Ki 9:8,9; Jer 22:8,9; Jer 24:9; 50:7; La 2:15-17;
that which. La 4:6,9; Da 9:12; Am 3:2; Mt 24:21; The sentence here passed upon Jerusalem is very dreadful, and the manner of expression makes it yet more so: the judgments are various, the threatenings of them varied, reiterated; so that one may well say, Who is able to stand in God's sight when he is angry?
the fathers. Le 26:29; De 28:53-57,64; 2Ki 6:29; Isa 9:20; 49:26; Jer 19:9; La 2:20; 4:10;
the whole. ver. 2,12; 6:8; 12:14; 20:23; 22:15; 36:19; Le 26:33; De 4:27; 28:64; De 32:26; Ne 1:8; Ps 44:11; Jer 9:16; 44:12; 50:17; Am 9:9; Zec 2:6; Zec 7:14; Lu 21:24;
as I live. Nu 14:28-35; Ps 95:11; Am 8:7; Heb 6:13;
thou hast. 8:5,6,16; 23:28; 44:7; 2Ki 21:4,7; 23:12; 2Ch 33:4,7; 36:14; Jer 7:9-11; 32:34;
detestable. 7:20; 11:18,21; De 7:25,26; Jer 16:18; 44:4;
will I. 29:15; Ps 107:39; Jer 10:24; Ro 11:12;
neither shall. 7:4,9; 8:18; 9:5,10; 24:14; De 29:20; La 2:21; Zec 11:6; Mal 3:17; Ro 8:32; 11:21; 2Pe 2:4,5;
third part of. ver. 2; 6:12; Jer 15:2; 21:9; Zec 13:7-9;
and I will scatter. ver. 2,10; 6:8; Jer 9:16; Zec 7:14;
and I will draw. This was particularly fulfilled in the destruction of those who retired to Egypt; and has been remarkably verified in the many persecutions and miseries which the Jews have suffered at different times, in the various countries into which they are dispersed. ver. 2; 12:14; Le 26:33; De 28:65; Jer 42:16,17,22; 43:10,11; 44:27; Am 9:4;
shall mine. 6:12; 7:8; 13:15; 20:8,21; Jer 25:12; La 4:11,22; Da 9:2; 11:36;
I will cause. 16:42,63; 21:17; 23:25; 24:13; Isa 1:21;
I will be. De 32:36; Isa 1:24; Zec 6:8;
spoken. 6:10; 36:5,6; 38:18,19; Isa 9:7; 59:17;
I will. 22:4; Le 26:31,32; De 28:37; 2Ch 7:20,21; Ne 2:17; Ps 74:3-10; Ps 79:1-4; Isa 64:10,11; Jer 19:8; 24:9,10; 42:18; La 1:4,8; La 2:15-17; 5:18; Mic 3:12;
the nations. ver. 8;
an instruction. De 29:24-28; 1Ki 9:7; Ps 79:4; Isa 26:9; Jer 22:8,9; 1Co 10:11;
when. 25:17; Isa 66:15,16; Na 1:2;
the evil. De 32:23,24; Ps 7:13; 91:5-7; La 3:12;
and will. 4:16; 14:13; Le 26:26; 2Ki 6:25; Isa 3:1;
and evil. 14:15,21; 33:27; 34:25-28; Ex 23:29; Le 26:22; De 32:24; 2Ki 17:25; Jer 15:3;
and pestilence. ver. 12; 14:19; 38:22;
I the. ver. 13,15; 17:21,24; 21:32; 22:14; 26:14; 30:12; 37:14; Mt 24:35;