Ezekiel 5:3

And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 thou shalt burn with fire in the midst of the city, according to the fulfilling of the days of the siege: and thou shalt take a third part, and cut it in pieces with the knife all round about: and the other third part thou shalt scatter in the wind, and I will draw out the sword after them.

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

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But of the poor of the land he left some dressers of vines and husbandmen.

Jeremiah 40:6And Jeremias went to Godolias the son of Ahicam to Masphath: and dwelt with him in the midst of the people that were left in the land.

Matthew 7:14How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

1 Peter 4:18And if the just man shall scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly 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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