Ezekiel 5 · Verse 3

Ezekiel 5:3

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Ezekiel 5:3, King James Version

Ezekiel 5:3 in other translations

BSBBut you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.
WEBYou shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe.
ASVAnd thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
YLTAnd thou hast taken thence a few in number--and hast bound them in thy skirts;
DARBYAnd thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;
BBEAnd take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.
WebsterThou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

What does Ezekiel 5:3 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Ezekiel 5:1-4

A type of hair, showing the judgments about to come upon the Jews. (Ezek 5:1-4) These awful judgments are declared. (Ezek 5:5-17) Verses 1-4 The prophet must shave off the hair of his head and beard, which signifies God's utter rejecting and abandoning that people. One part must be burned in the midst of the city, denoting the multitudes that should perish by famine and pestilence. Another part was to be cut in…

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Ezekiel 5:3 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְלָקַחְתָּ֥ve.la.kach.Taand you will takeH3947
מִשָּׁ֖םmi.Shamfrom thereH8033
מְעַ֣טme.'Ata fewH4592
בְּמִסְפָּ֑רbe.mis.Parin numberH4557
וְצַרְתָּ֥ve.tzar.Taand you will confineH6696
אוֹתָ֖ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ\׃bikh.na.Fei.khain skirts yourH3671

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Cross references for Ezekiel 5:3

  • Jeremiah 52:16

    But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left certain of the poor of the land for vinedressers and for husbandmen.

  • Jeremiah 40:6

    Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.

  • Jeremiah 39:10

    But Nebuzar–adan the captain of the guard left of the poor of the people, which had nothing, in the land of Judah, and gave them vineyards and fields at the same time.

  • 1 Peter 4:18

    And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

  • Matthew 7:14

    Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

  • 2 Kings 25:12

    But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

  • Luke 13:23-24

    Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
a few.
2Ki 25:12; Jer 39:10; 40:6; 52:16; Mt 7:14; Lu 13:23,24; 1Pe 4:18
skirts. Heb. wings.

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Context

  • Ezekiel 5:2

    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.

  • Ezekiel 5:3

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

  • Ezekiel 5:4

    Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

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Ezekiel 5:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tomarás también de allí unos pocos por cuenta, y los atarás en el canto de tu ropa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu en prendras un petit nombre, et tu les serreras dans les pans de ta robe;
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und du sollst davon eine kleine Zahl nehmen und in deine Rockzipfel binden.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et sumes inde parvum numerum, et ligabis eos in summitate pallii tui: