Ezekiel 5:5
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the midst of the nations, and countries are round about her.
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Deuteronomy 4:6Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
Jeremiah 6:6For thus hath Jehovah of hosts said, Hew ye down trees, and cast up a mound against Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited; she is wholly oppression in the midst of her.
Ezekiel 16:14And thy renown went forth among the nations for thy beauty; for it was perfect, through my majesty which I had put upon thee, saith the Lord Jehovah.
Matthew 5:14Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
1 Corinthians 10:4and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:2-5
The Representation of Jerusalem's Ruin. ( b. c. 594.) 1 And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber's razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, 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… Read the whole commentary →