Ezekiel 5:3

And you shall take thence a few in number, and shall wrap them in the fold of your garment.

LXX2012 (US English)

In The King James Version

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

In Context

2A fourth part you shall burn in the fire in the midst of the city, at the fulfillment of the days of the siege: and you shall take a fourth part, and burn it up in the midst of it: and a fourth part you shall cut with a sword round about it: and a fourth part you shall scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

4And you shall take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them up with fire: from thence shall come forth fire; and you shall say to the whole house of Israel,

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vine-dressers and husbandmen.

Jeremiah 40:6Behold, I bring upon her healing and cure, and I will show myself to them, and will heal her, and make both peace and security.

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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