Revised Literal Translation
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
1And 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. 2Thou 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. Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel. 5Thus saith the Lord Yhwh; This is Jerusalem: I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her.
Read all of Ezekiel 5Ezekiel 5:3 word by word
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ מִשָּׁ֖ם מְעַ֣ט בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר וְצַרְתָּ֥ אוֹתָ֖ם בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Ezekiel 5:3
- 2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.
- Jeremiah 39:10But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.
- Jeremiah 40:6Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.
- Jeremiah 52:16But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.
- Matthew 7:14Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
- Luke 13:23Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,
- 1 Peter 4:18And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
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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Notes
- 1. Ezekiel 5:3 skirts: Heb. wings. ↩
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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