Ezekiel 5:3

And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.

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In The King James Version

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

In Context

2You are to have a third part burned with fire inside the town, when the days of the attack are ended; and a third part you are to take and give blows with the sword round about it; and give a third part for the wind to take away, and let loose a sword after them.

4And again take some of these and put them in the fire, burning them up in the fire; and say to all the children of Israel,

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But he let the poorest of the land go on living there, to take care of the vines and the fields.

Jeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, in Mizpah, and was living with him among the people who were still in the land.

Matthew 7:14For narrow is the door and hard the road to life, and only a small number make discovery of it.

1 Peter 4:18And if it is hard for even the good man to get salvation, what chance has the man without religion or the sinner?

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 5:2-5

The Representation of Jerusalem's Ruin. ( b. c. 594.) 1 And 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. 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. 3 Thou… Read the whole commentary →

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