Ezekiel 5:3
“Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.”
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Ezekiel 5:3 Context
1And thou sonne of man, take thee a sharpe knife, take thee a barbours rasor, and cause it to passe vpon thine head and vpon thy beard: then take the ballances to weigh, and diuide the haire. 2Thou shalt burne with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the dayes 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 winde, and I will draw out a sword after them. 3Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. 4Then take of them againe, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel. 5¶ Thus saith the Lord God; This is Ierusalem: I haue set it in the midst of the nations and countreys that are round about her.
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Other Translations for Ezekiel 5:3
Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
- King James Version
"Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your {robes.}
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.
- Basic English Bible
And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;
- Darby Bible
Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
- Webster's Bible
You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.
- World English Bible
And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;
- Youngs Literal Bible
Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 5:3
5:3 Take - Of the last third. Bind - As men tied up in the skirt of their garment what they would not lose: to signify the small remnant.