Ezekiel 5:3

Thou shalt also take thereof a small number, and bind them in thy 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

2A third part shalt thou burn with fire in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled; and thou shalt take a third part and smite it round about with the sword; and a third part shalt thou scatter in the wind, and I will draw out a sword after them.

4And of these again take some and cast them into the fire, and burn them in the fire. From them shall a fire come forth upon the whole house of Israel.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 40:6And Jeremiah went to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

Matthew 7:14For strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leadeth to life; and few are they who find it.

1 Peter 4:18and “if the righteous scarcely is 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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