Ezekiel 5:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

“As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor. Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard. Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 21:5 : 5 Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.
  • Isa 7:20 : 20 At that time the Lord will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the hair off the head and private parts; it will also shave off the beard.
  • Ezek 44:20 : 20 “‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.
  • Dan 5:27 : 27 As for teqel– you are weighed on the balances and found to be lacking.

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  • Ezek 5:2-4
    3 verses
    83%

    2Burn a third of it in the fire inside the city when the days of your siege are completed. Take a third and slash it with a sword all around the city. Scatter a third to the wind, and I will unleash a sword behind them.

    3But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.

    4Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

  • Isa 7:20
    75%

    20At that time the Lord will use a razor hired from the banks of the Euphrates River, the king of Assyria, to shave the hair off the head and private parts; it will also shave off the beard.

  • Lev 19:27
    73%

    27You must not round off the corners of the hair on your head or ruin the corners of your beard.

  • Jer 48:37
    72%

    37For all of them will shave their heads in mourning. They will all cut off their beards to show their sorrow. They will all make gashes in their hands. They will all put on sackcloth.

  • Lev 21:5
    72%

    5Priests must not have a bald spot shaved on their head, they must not shave the corner of their beard, and they must not cut slashes in their body.

  • Lev 13:40-41
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    72%

    40Baldness on the Head“When a man’s head is bare so that he is balding in back, he is clean.

    41If his head is bare on the forehead so that he is balding in front, he is clean.

  • Mic 1:16
    71%

    16Shave your heads bald as you mourn for the children you love; shave your foreheads as bald as an eagle, for they are taken from you into exile.

  • Num 6:5
    71%

    5“‘All the days of the vow of his separation no razor may be used on his head until the time is fulfilled for which he separated himself to the LORD. He will be holy, and he must let the locks of hair on his head grow long.

  • Lev 14:9
    70%

    9When the seventh day comes he must shave all his hair– his head, his beard, his eyebrows, all his hair– and he must wash his clothes, bathe his body in water, and so be clean.

  • Jer 47:5
    70%

    5The people of Gaza will shave their heads in mourning. The people of Ashkelon will be struck dumb. How long will you gash yourselves to show your sorrow, you who remain of Philistia’s power?

  • Jer 7:29
    69%

    29So, mourn, you people of this nation. Cut off your hair and throw it away. Sing a song of mourning on the hilltops. For the LORD has decided to reject and forsake this generation that has provoked his wrath!’”

  • Ezek 33:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Ezekiel Israel’s Watchman The LORD’s message came to me:

    2“Son of man, speak to your people, and say to them,‘Suppose I bring a sword against the land, and the people of the land take one man from their borders and make him their watchman.

  • Lev 13:29
    69%

    29Scall on the Head or in the Beard“When a man or a woman has an infection on the head or in the beard,

  • Ezek 44:20
    69%

    20“‘They must not shave their heads nor let their hair grow long; they must only trim their heads.

  • Deut 14:1
    69%

    1The Holy and the Profane You are children of the LORD your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead.

  • Num 6:9
    69%

    9Contingencies for Defilement“‘If anyone dies very suddenly beside him and he defiles his consecrated head, then he must shave his head on the day of his purification– on the seventh day he must shave it.

  • Isa 22:12
    69%

    12At that time the Sovereign LORD of Heaven’s Armies, called for weeping and mourning, for shaved heads and sackcloth.

  • Ezek 4:1
    69%

    1Ominous Object Lessons“And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it– Jerusalem.

  • Num 6:18
    69%

    18“‘Then the Nazirite must shave his consecrated head at the entrance to the tent of meeting and must take the hair from his consecrated head and put it on the fire where the peace offering is burning.

  • Ezek 21:28
    69%

    28“As for you, son of man, prophesy and say,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says concerning the Ammonites and their coming humiliation; say:“‘A sword, a sword drawn for slaughter, polished to consume, to flash like lightning–

  • Ezek 28:11
    69%

    11The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 21:9
    69%

    9“Son of man, prophesy and say:‘This is what the Lord says:“‘A sword, a sword is sharpened, and also polished.

  • Num 8:7
    69%

    7And do this to them to purify them: Sprinkle water of purification on them; then have them shave all their body and wash their clothes, and so purify themselves.

  • Lev 13:33
    68%

    33then the individual is to shave himself, but he must not shave the area affected by the scall, and the priest is to quarantine the person with the scall for another seven days.

  • Ezek 21:2-3
    2 verses
    68%

    2“Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

    3and say to them,‘This is what the LORD says: Look, I am against you. I will draw my sword from its sheath and cut off from you both the righteous and the wicked.

  • Ezek 21:14
    68%

    14“And you, son of man, prophesy, and clap your hands together. Let the sword strike twice, even three times! It is a sword for slaughter, a sword for the great slaughter surrounding them.

  • Ezek 21:12
    68%

    12Cry out and moan, son of man, for it is wielded against my people; against all the princes of Israel. They are delivered up to the sword, along with my people. Therefore, strike your thigh.

  • Ezek 7:18
    68%

    18They will wear sackcloth, terror will cover them; shame will be on all their faces, and all of their heads will be shaved bald.

  • Ezek 4:7
    68%

    7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

  • 2 Sam 14:26
    68%

    26When he would shave his head– at the end of every year he used to shave his head, for it grew too long and he would shave it– he used to weigh the hair of his head at three pounds according to the king’s weight.

  • Ezek 24:16
    68%

    16“Son of man, realize that I am about to take the delight of your eyes away from you with a jolt, but you must not mourn or weep or shed tears.

  • Ezek 14:17
    68%

    17“Or suppose I were to bring a sword against that land and say,‘Let a sword pass through the land,’ and I were to kill both people and animals.

  • Isa 3:24-25
    2 verses
    68%

    24A putrid stench will replace the smell of spices, a rope will replace a belt, baldness will replace braided locks of hair, a sackcloth garment will replace a fine robe, and a prisoner’s brand will replace beauty.

    25Your men will fall by the sword, your strong men will die in battle.

  • Ezek 21:19
    68%

    19“You, son of man, mark out two routes for the king of Babylon’s sword to take; both of them will originate in a single land. Make a signpost and put it at the beginning of the road leading to the city.

  • Ezek 22:1
    67%

    1The Sins of Jerusalem The LORD’s message came to me:

  • Ezek 5:12
    67%

    12A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

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    67%

    8“‘Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.

  • Jer 41:5
    67%

    5eighty men arrived from Shechem, Shiloh, and Samaria. They had shaved off their beards, torn their clothes, and cut themselves to show they were mourning. They were carrying grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the LORD in Jerusalem.

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    8You fear the sword, so the sword I will bring against you,’ declares the Sovereign LORD.

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    4Therefore, prophesy against them! Prophesy, son of man!”

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    2Pick up millstones and grind flour! Remove your veil, strip off your skirt, expose your legs, cross the streams!

  • 2 Sam 10:4
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    4So Hanun seized David’s servants and shaved off half of each one’s beard. He cut the lower part of their robes off so that their buttocks were exposed, and then sent them away.

  • Ezek 12:3
    66%

    3“Therefore, son of man, pack up your belongings as if for exile. During the day, while they are watching, pretend to go into exile. Go from where you live to another place. Perhaps they will understand, although they are a rebellious house.