Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Ezekiel 5:17
beasts—perhaps meaning destructive conquerors (Daniel 7:4). Rather, literal "beasts," which infest desolated regions such as Judea was to become (compare Ezekiel 34:28; Exodus 23:29; Deuteronomy 32:24; II Kings 17:25). The same threat is repeated in manifold forms to awaken the careless.
sword—civil war.
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