Ezekiel 5:3

Ezekiel 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
• New International Version (NIV)But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe.
• New King James Version (NKJV)You shall also take a small number of them and bind them in the edge of your garment.

Context of Ezekiel 5:3

1“And you [Ezekiel], son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber’s razor and shave your head and your beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair [into three parts]. 2You shall burn one third with fire in the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them. Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes. 4Again take some hair and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel. 5“Thus says the Lord God, ‘This is Jerusalem; I have set her in the center of the nations, and countries are around her.

Ezekiel 5:3 word by word

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִשָּׁ֖ם מְעַ֣ט בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר וְצַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou shalt also takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thereof a fewמְעַטme‛aţ me‛âţ · littleH4592
• in numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• and bindצוּרtsûr · to confineH6696
• them in thy skirtsכָּנָףkânâph · wingH3671

Cross-references for Ezekiel 5:3

• 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the unimportant and poorest people of the land to be vineyard workers and farmers.
• Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzaradan the [Babylonian] captain of the bodyguard left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields at that time.
• Jeremiah 40:6Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.
• Jeremiah 52:16But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and farmers.
• Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow and difficult to travel is the path that leads the way to [everlasting] life, and there are few who find it.
• Luke 13:23And someone asked Him, “Lord, will only a few be saved [from the penalties of the last judgment]?” And He said to them,
• 1 Peter 4:18And if it is difficult for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the godless and the sinner?

Commentaries on Ezekiel 5:3

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Of the third part a few are yet to be taken and kept in the fold of the garment (representing those still to remain in their native land), and yet even of those few some are to be cast into the fire. Such was the fate of those left behind after the destruction of Jerusalem Ezekiel 5:4 Thereof - Or, from thence, out of the midst of the fire. Omit “For.”Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-4Ezekiel was to tie a small amount of hair in his robe to show that a few people would be safe. However, even some of them would die during the exile. Only a few would survive the many disasters about to happen to God's people.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-171. knife ... razor--the sword of the foe (compare Is 7:20). This vision implies even severer judgments than the Egyptian afflictions foreshadowed in the former, for their guilt was greater than that of their forefathers. thine head--as representative of the Jews. The whole hair being shaven off was significant of severe and humiliating (2Sa 10:4, 5) treatment. Especially in the case of a priest; for priests (Le 21:5) were forbidden "to make baldness on…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Ezekiel 5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings