Ezekiel 5:3

Thou shalt also take thereof a fewe in nomber, and binde them in thy lappe.

Geneva Bible 1599

In The King James Version

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

In Context

2Thou shalt burne with fire the thirde part in the middes of the citie, when the dayes of the siege are fulfilled, and thou shalt take the other thirde part, and smite about it with a knife, and the last thirde part thou shalt scatter in the winde, and I will drawe out a sworde after them.

4Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.

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Cross References

2 Kings 25:12But the chiefe steward left of the poore of the land to dresse the vines, and to till the land.

Jeremiah 40:6Then went Ieremiah vnto Gedaliah the sonne of Ahikam, to Mizpah, and dwelt there with him among the people that were left in the lande.

Matthew 7:14Because the gate is streight, and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life, and fewe there be that finde it.

1 Peter 4:18And if the righteous scarcely bee saued, where shall the vngodly and the sinner appeare?

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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