2. Three classes are described. The sword was to destroy one third of the people; famine and plague another third ("fire" in :- being explained in Ezekiel 5:12 to mean pestilence and famine); that which remained was to be scattered among the nations. A few only of the last portion were to escape, symbolized by the hairs bound in Ezekiel's skirts ( Ezekiel 5:3 ; Jeremiah 40:6 ; Jeremiah 52:16 ). Even of these some were to be thrown into the fiery ordeal again ( Ezekiel 5:4 ; Jeremiah 41:1 ; Jeremiah 41:2 ; Jeremiah 44:14 , &c.). The "skirts" being able to contain but few express that extreme limit to which God's goodness can reach. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-5" class="com-number"
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