The Inner Meaning of the Prophets and Psalms # 128
128. Internal Meaning of Ezekiel, Chapter 5
It is represented how they have destroyed the sense of the letter. (2)
1-2 In part they have adulterated the sense of the letter, in part have falsified it, and in part forsaken it; nevertheless, they will continue to falsify it. (2)
3 They will profane all the truths of the church. (2)
5-7 Because they have perverted the truths of the church more than others, (3)
8-10 falsities have destroyed goods, and evils truths until nothing of good and truth is left; (3)
11-12 and because they have destroyed the church by profaning it, they will perish, as above. (3)
13 Afterward the church will be instituted among others, (11)
14-17 since all things of the Word, of doctrine and of the church have previously been consummated by profanities, and by evils and falsities. (3)
Ezekiel 5:1-4
1
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's rasor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weight, and divide the hair.
2
Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and thou shalt take a third part, and smite about it with a knife: and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.
3
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
4
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.
