Ezekiel 5:3 “But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds…”

Ezekiel 5:3

But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

You shall take a small number of these and bind them in the folds of your robe.

American Standard Version

And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts;

Young's Literal Translation

And thou hast taken thence a few in number — and hast bound them in thy skirts;

Bible in Basic English

And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.

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Cross references

“a few”

Jeremiah 40:6 Jeremiah 52:16 Jeremiah 39:10 2 Kings 25:12 Matthew 7:14 1 Peter 4:18

Jeremiah 40:6 · BSB

So Jeremiah went to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah and stayed with him among the people who were left in the land.

Jeremiah 52:16 · BSB

But Nebuzaradan captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Jeremiah 39:10 · BSB

But Nebuzaradan left behind in the land of Judah some of the poor people who had no property, and at that time he gave them vineyards and fields.

2 Kings 25:12 · BSB

But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.

Matthew 7:14 · BSB

But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

1 Peter 4:18 · BSB

And, “If it is hard for the righteous to be saved, what will become of the ungodly and the sinner?”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2When 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.

4Again, 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.

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