Ezekiel 5:3

And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

Darby Translation

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 shalt thou burn in the fire 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 to the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

4and thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the body-guard left of the poor of the land for vinedressers and husbandmen.

Jeremiah 40:6And Jeremiah came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah, and abode with him among the people that remained in the land.

Matthew 7:14For narrow the gate and straitened the way that leads to life, and they are few who find it.

1 Peter 4:18And if the righteous is difficultly saved, where shall 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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