A third part — Described on the tile, Ezekiel 4:1, a type of what should be done in Jerusalem. The days — When the three hundred and ninety days of thy lying against the portrayed city shall be ended. With a knife — To signify them that fall by the sword. Scatter — To typify them that fell to the Chaldeans, or fled to Egypt, or other countries.
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Ezekiel 5:2
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.