Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Statement in plain terms of what was intended by the symbols (Ezekiel 5:2; see Ezekiel 6:12; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 21:9).
draw out . . . sword after them— (Leviticus 26:33). Skeptics object; no such thing happened under Zedekiah, as is here foretold; namely, that a third part of the nation should die by pestilence, a third part by the sword, and a third be scattered unto all winds, and a sword sent after them. But the prophecy is not restricted to Zedekiah's time. It includes all that Israel suffered, or was still to suffer, for their sins, especially those committed at that period (Ezekiel 17:21). It only received its primary fulfilment under Zedekiah: numbers then died by the pestilence and by the sword; and numbers were scattered in all quarters and not carried to Babylonia alone, as the objectors assert (compare Ezra 1:4; Esther 3:8; Obadiah 1:14).
pestilence . . . and famine—signified by the symbol "fire" (Ezekiel 5:2). Compare Isaiah 13:8; Lamentations 5:10; plague and famine burning and withering the countenance, as fire does.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 5:12:
Isaiah 6:13
Jeremiah 15:2
Ezekiel 5:2
Ezekiel 6:8
Ezekiel 12:14
Zechariah 1:18
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