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Ezekiel 5:3
3But keep a few of your hairs. Tie them into the edge of your clothes.
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‘Son of man, take a sharp sword. Use it like a knife to cut off your hair and your beard. Then use some scales to weigh the hair. Put it into three separate parts that are the same weight. 2Wait until all the days when you are lying on your side have finished. Take one part of your hair and burn it on the brick which has the picture of Jerusalem. Take another part and use a sword to cut it into small pieces. Let the pieces fall all around the brick which shows the city. Then take the third part and throw the hairs into the wind. I will run after them with a sword. But keep a few of your hairs. Tie them into the edge of your clothes. 4Finally, take out some of these hairs. Throw them into the fire and burn them. This fire will grow so that it reaches all Israel's people. 5I, the Almighty Lord, say this: This shows what will happen to Jerusalem. I have put the city in the centre of all the nations. It has countries all around it.
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וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִשָּׁ֖ם מְעַ֣ט בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר וְצַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 5:3
- 2 Kings 25:12But Nebuzaradan let some of the poorest people stay there. He gave them vineyards and fields to work in.
- Jeremiah 39:10But Captain Nebuzaradan let some of the very poor people remain in Judah. He gave them some fields and vineyards to take care of.
- Jeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to live with Gedaliah in Mizpah. He stayed among the few people who continued to live in Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:16But he let some of the poorest people stay there. He gave them vineyards and fields to work in.
- Matthew 7:14It is difficult to go through the small gate. And it is difficult to walk on the narrow road. But when you do go that way, you will get true life. Not many people find that narrow gate.’
- Luke 13:23One day, somebody asked him, ‘Sir, will God only save a small number of people?’
- 1 Peter 4:18The Bible says: ‘When God saves righteous people, that is a difficult thing. It will surely be much worse for people who turn away from God and who do bad things.’
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
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