Ezekiel 5:3

But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

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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

2When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them.

4Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 40:6So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.

Matthew 7:14But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

1 Peter 4:18And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and 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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