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class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />You shall also take a small number of them and bind them in the edge of your <i>garment.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Take also a few <i>hairs</i> in number from them and bind them in the hems of your <i>robes.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your <i>robes.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />You shall also take a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your <i>robes</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Keep a few of the hairs and wrap them in the hem of your clothes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Take a few strands of hair, and wrap them in the hem of your clothes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Keep back a few hairs and wrap them in the hem of your clothes. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />You are to preserve a few strands of hair and hide them in the folds of your garment. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And you have taken there a few in number—and have bound them in your skirts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And take from thence a few in number and bind them in thy wings.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And you shall take from there a small number. And you shall bind them in the end of your cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />But take a few of the hairs and tie them in the hem of your garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then you shall take from these a small number, and bind them in the skirts of your robe.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall take from thence a few of the hairs and bind them in the skirt of your cloak.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you shall take from there a few in number and sew them on your hem<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt take thence a few in number, and shalt wrap them in the fold of thy garment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=922" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/5.htm">Judgment Against Jerusalem</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">2</span>When the days of the siege have ended, you are to burn up a third of the hair inside the city; you are also to take a third and slash it with the sword all around the city; and you are to scatter a third to the wind. For I will unleash a sword behind them. <span class="reftext">3</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: wə·lā·qaḥ·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">But you are to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: miš·šām (Prep-m:: Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> <a href="/hebrew/4592.htm" title="4592: mə·‘aṭ (Adj-ms) -- A little, fewness, a few. Or miat; from ma'at; a little or few.">a few</a> <a href="/hebrew/4557.htm" title="4557: bə·mis·pār (Prep-b:: N-ms) -- Number, tally. From caphar; a number, definite or indefinite; also narration.">strands of hair</a> <a href="/hebrew/6696.htm" title="6696: wə·ṣar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To confine, bind, besiege. A primitive root; to cramp, i.e. Confine.">and secure</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯām (DirObjM:: 3mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">them</a> <a href="/hebrew/3671.htm" title="3671: biḵ·nā·p̄e·ḵā (Prep-b:: N-fpc:: 2ms) -- Wing, extremity. From kanaph; an edge or extremity; specifically a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle.">in the folds of your garment.</a> </span><span class="reftext">4</span>Again, take a few of these, throw them into the fire, and burn them. From there a fire will spread to the whole house of Israel.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-5.htm">Jeremiah 24:5-7</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Like these good figs, so I regard as good the exiles from Judah, whom I have sent away from this place to the land of the Chaldeans. / I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them. / I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/13-8.htm">Zechariah 13:8-9</a></span><br />And in all the land, declares the LORD, two-thirds will be cut off and perish, but a third will be left in it. / This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a></span><br />And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/9-8.htm">Amos 9:8-9</a></span><br />Surely the eyes of the Lord GOD are on the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from the face of the earth. Yet I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob,” declares the LORD. / “For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/30-11.htm">Jeremiah 30:11</a></span><br />For I am with you to save you, declares the LORD. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have scattered you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/1-9.htm">Isaiah 1:9</a></span><br />Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-5.htm">Romans 11:5</a></span><br />In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a></span><br />On that day the remnant of Israel and the survivors of the house of Jacob will no longer depend on him who struck them, but they will truly rely on the LORD, the Holy One of Israel. / A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God. / Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/46-28.htm">Jeremiah 46:28</a></span><br />And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not completely destroy you. Yet I will discipline you justly, and will by no means leave you unpunished.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/9-27.htm">Romans 9:27-29</a></span><br />Isaiah cries out concerning Israel: “Though the number of the Israelites is like the sand of the sea, only the remnant will be saved. / For the Lord will carry out His sentence on the earth thoroughly and decisively.” / It is just as Isaiah foretold: “Unless the Lord of Hosts had left us descendants, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/3-12.htm">Zephaniah 3:12-13</a></span><br />But I will leave within you a meek and humble people, and they will trust in the name of the LORD. / The remnant of Israel will no longer do wrong or speak lies, nor will a deceitful tongue be found in their mouths. But they will feed and lie down, with no one to make them tremble.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/37-31.htm">Isaiah 37:31-32</a></span><br />And the surviving remnant of the house of Judah will again take root below and bear fruit above. / For a remnant will go forth from Jerusalem, and survivors from Mount Zion. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/31-7.htm">Jeremiah 31:7</a></span><br />For this is what the LORD says: “Sing with joy for Jacob; shout for the foremost of the nations! Make your praises heard, and say, ‘O LORD, save Your people, the remnant of Israel!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/5-7.htm">Micah 5:7-8</a></span><br />Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind. / Then the remnant of Jacob will be among the nations, in the midst of many peoples, like a lion among the beasts of the forest, like a young lion among flocks of sheep, which tramples and tears as it passes through, with no one to rescue them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-26.htm">Romans 11:26-27</a></span><br />And so all Israel will be saved, as it is written: “The Deliverer will come from Zion; He will remove godlessness from Jacob. / And this is My covenant with them when I take away their sins.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">You shall also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in your skirts.</p><p class="hdg">a few</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_kings/25-12.htm">2 Kings 25:12</a></b></br> But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land <i>to be</i> vinedressers and husbandmen.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/39-10.htm">Jeremiah 39:10</a></b></br> But Nebuzaradan 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.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/40-6.htm">Jeremiah 40:6</a></b></br> Then went Jeremiah unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and dwelt with him among the people that were left in the land.</p><p class="hdg">skirts [heb] wings </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/3-25.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-25.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-18.htm">Edges</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-9.htm">Few</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-5.htm">Folding</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-3.htm">Folds</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/isaiah/46-4.htm">Hairs</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-34.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Robes</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Skirts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-19.htm">Small</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/4-12.htm">Strands</a> <a href="/jeremiah/50-9.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Tuck</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/24-17.htm">Bind</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Bound</a> <a href="/ezekiel/10-12.htm">Edges</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Few</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-10.htm">Folding</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-6.htm">Folds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Garment</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-18.htm">Hair</a> <a href="/daniel/4-33.htm">Hairs</a> <a href="/daniel/5-29.htm">Robe</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-16.htm">Robes</a> <a href="/hosea/4-19.htm">Skirts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-8.htm">Small</a> <a href="/exodus/39-3.htm">Strands</a> <a href="/ezekiel/11-18.htm">Thence</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Thereof</a> <a href="/2_kings/9-1.htm">Tuck</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-1.htm">Under the type of hair</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-5.htm">is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/5-12.htm">by famine, sword, and dispersion</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Throughout the Bible, the concept of a remnant is significant, often representing those who remain faithful to God amidst widespread unfaithfulness. This idea is echoed in passages like <a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a>, where a remnant of Israel returns to God. The act of taking a few strands signifies God's mercy and the preservation of a faithful group despite impending judgment.<p><b>and secure them in the folds of your garment.</b><br>Securing the strands in the folds of a garment suggests protection and care. In ancient Near Eastern culture, garments were often used to carry and protect valuable items, indicating the preciousness of the remnant. This imagery can be connected to the protective nature of God, as seen in <a href="/psalms/91-4.htm">Psalm 91:4</a>, where God covers His people with His feathers. Additionally, the garment can symbolize righteousness, as in <a href="/isaiah/61-10.htm">Isaiah 61:10</a>, where garments of salvation and robes of righteousness are mentioned. This act foreshadows the ultimate protection and salvation found in Jesus Christ, who is the fulfillment of God's promise to preserve a faithful remnant.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. He is known for his symbolic actions and visions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The city that is the focal point of Ezekiel's prophecies, representing the spiritual and physical center of the Israelites.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/b/babylonian_exile.htm">Babylonian Exile</a></b><br>The period during which the Israelites were taken captive by the Babylonians, serving as a backdrop for Ezekiel's prophecies.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/s/symbolic_action.htm">Symbolic Action</a></b><br>Ezekiel's act of taking a few strands of hair and securing them in his garment symbolizes God's preservation of a remnant of His people.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_preserve_a_remnant.htm">God's Faithfulness to Preserve a Remnant</a></b><br>Despite judgment, God remains faithful to His covenant by preserving a remnant, symbolized by the few strands of hair. This teaches us about God's unwavering commitment to His promises.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_in_prophetic_actions.htm">Symbolism in Prophetic Actions</a></b><br>Ezekiel's actions are rich in symbolism, reminding us to seek deeper spiritual truths in God's Word and to understand His messages beyond the literal.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_amidst_judgment.htm">Hope Amidst Judgment</a></b><br>The preservation of a remnant offers hope that God’s plans for His people include restoration and redemption, even when facing severe consequences for sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection_on_being_part_of_the_remnant.htm">Personal Reflection on Being Part of the Remnant</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to reflect on their own faithfulness and commitment to God, aspiring to be part of the remnant that remains true to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Ezekiel's obedience in performing symbolic acts underscores the importance of following God's instructions, even when they seem unusual or challenging.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_other_bible_texts_align_with_lev._21.htm">How do other biblical passages reconcile or contradict Leviticus 21's strict requirements for priestly purity and appearance?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_ezekiel_5_2-4_contradict_purity_laws.htm">In Ezekiel 5:2-4, does the command to burn, scatter, and bind hair contradict other biblical teachings on ritual purity or symbolism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_shave_the_body_in_numbers_8_7_evidence.htm">Why does Numbers 8:7 require shaving the entire body for purification, and is there any archaeological evidence of this practice?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_isaiah_51_6_align_with_science.htm">In Isaiah 51:6, the text claims the earth and heavens will vanish like smoke or a garment; how does this align with our current scientific understanding of cosmic processes?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) <span class= "bld">A few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.</span>--A small remnant of the people was still left in the land after the great captivity (<a href="/2_kings/25-22.htm" title="And as for the people that remained in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had left, even over them he made Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, ruler.">2Kings 25:22</a>); but even of these some were to perish by violence ("cast them into the midst of the fire") in the disorders which arose, and from this "shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel." (See Jeremiah 40, 41) The ultimate result was the expatriation of all that remained in Judaea, and the entire emptying of the land of the chosen people.<p><span class= "ital">At this </span>point the use of symbolism ceases for a while, and the prophet now, for the first time, begins to utter his prophecies in plain language. Accordingly, he changes his style from prose to the more ordinary form of prophetic utterance in parallelisms, which constitute the distinctive feature of Hebrew poetry, and this continues until another vision begins with Ezekiel 8.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 3, 4.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Thou shalt also take,</span> etc. The words may point <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> either to those in Jerusalem who had escaped the famine and the sword, and were left in the land (<a href="/2_kings/25-22.htm">2 Kings 25:22</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/40-6.htm">Jeremiah 40:6</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/40-6.htm">Jeremiah 40:6</a>); or <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> to those who should go into exile, and yet even there suffer from the "fire" of God's chastening judgments. They were, if saved at all, to be saved "so as by fire" (<a href="/1_corinthians/3-15.htm">1 Corinthians 3:15</a>), to be as "brands plucked from the burning" (<a href="/amos/4-11.htm">Amos 4:11</a>; <a href="/zechariah/3-2.htm">Zechariah 3:2</a>). Isaiah's thought of the "remnant" (<a href="/isaiah/10-20.htm">Isaiah 10:20-22</a>; <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11-16</a>) seems hardly to come in here. The whole utterance is one of denunciation. The act of "binding in the skirts" implies only a limited protection. Omit "for," and for "thereof" read "therefrom," <span class="accented">s.c.</span> from the fire (Revised Version). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">But you are to take</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלָקַחְתָּ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lā·qaḥ·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> </span><span class="str2">To take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a few</span><br /><span class="heb">מְעַ֣ט</span> <span class="translit">(mə·‘aṭ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4592.htm">Strong's 4592: </a> </span><span class="str2">A little, fewness, a few</span><br /><br /><span class="word">strands of hair</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·mis·pār)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4557.htm">Strong's 4557: </a> </span><span class="str2">A number, definite, indefinite, narration</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and secure</span><br /><span class="heb">וְצַרְתָּ֥</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṣar·tā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6696.htm">Strong's 6696: </a> </span><span class="str2">To confine, bind, besiege</span><br /><br /><span class="word">them</span><br /><span class="heb">אוֹתָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·w·ṯām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the folds of your garment.</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃</span> <span class="translit">(biḵ·nā·p̄e·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3671.htm">Strong's 3671: </a> </span><span class="str2">An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/5-3.htm">Ezekiel 5:3 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/5-3.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 5:3 You shall take of it a few (Ezek. 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