The next bizarre task Ezekiel is called to do is to shave off all his hair and then divide it in three (v1). One third is to be cast into the fire (v2) which speaks of  one third of the people of israel shall die with pestilence (v12).

One third of Ezekiel’s hair was to be struck with a sword, which speaks of how one thord of God’s people will die by the sword (v12)

One third of the hair was to be cast into the wind which speaks of how one third of the people would be carried into exile (v12).

These would be very dark days that would come on God’s people. Things would become so bad that during a siege fathers would eat their sons (v10). This goes back to how Ezekiel was asked to eat food defiled with human dung (4 v12). All of this was to get across to Ezekiel’s rebellious neighbours how shocking their sin is before God and how terrible are the consequences to sin.

There is a not of hope though as in the dividing of his hair, Ezekiel was to take some and palce it in the skirt of his robe (v3). Here is the wonderful theme of how the Lord will preserve for Himself a remnant that He saves. Jesus taught that broad is the road that leads to destruction and many find it, narrow is the road that leads to life and few find it. But praise God that by His grace some of us find this road to eternal life.