Ezekiel 5:3

And you shall take from there a small number. And you shall bind them in the end of your cloak.

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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

2A third part you shall burn with fire in the midst of the city, according to the completion of the days of the siege. And you shall take a third part, and you shall cut it with the knife all around. Yet truly, the other third, you shall scatter to the wind, for I will unsheathe the sword after them.

4And again, you shall take from them, and you shall throw them into the midst of the fire, and you shall burn them with fire. And from it, there shall go forth a fire to the entire house of Israel.”

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But he left behind some vinedressers and farmers from the poor of the land.

Jeremiah 40:6Then Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. And he lived with him in the midst of the people, those who had been left behind in the land.

Matthew 7:14How narrow is the gate, and how straight is the way, which leads to life, and few there are who find it!

1 Peter 4:18And if the just man will scarcely be saved, where will the impious and the sinner appear?

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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