Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version But take a few hairs and tuck them away in the folds of your garment. New Living Translation Keep just a bit of the hair and tie it up in your robe. English Standard Version And you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe. Berean Standard Bible But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment. King James Bible Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. New King James Version You shall also take a small number of them and bind them in the edge of your garment. New American Standard Bible Take also a few hairs in number from them and bind them in the hems of your robes. NASB 1995 “Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes. NASB 1977 “Take also a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes. Legacy Standard Bible You shall also take a few in number from them and bind them in the edges of your robes. Amplified Bible Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes. Christian Standard Bible But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure them in the folds of your robe. Holman Christian Standard Bible But you are to take a few strands from the hair and secure 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. Contemporary English Version Keep a few of the hairs and wrap them in the hem of your clothes. English Revised Version And thou shalt take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. GOD'S WORD® Translation Take a few strands of hair, and wrap them in the hem of your clothes. Good News Translation Keep back a few hairs and wrap them in the hem of your clothes. International Standard Version You are to preserve a few strands of hair and hide them in the folds of your garment. Majority Standard Bible But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment. NET Bible But take a few strands of hair from those and tie them in the ends of your garment. New Heart English Bible You shall take of it a few in number, and bind them in your skirts. Webster's Bible Translation Thou shalt also take of them 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. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have taken there a few in number—and have bound them in your skirts; Young's Literal Translation And thou hast taken thence a few in number -- and hast bound them in thy skirts; Smith's Literal Translation And take from thence a few in number and bind them in thy wings. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleAnd thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall take from there a small number. And you shall bind them in the end of your cloak. New American Bible But take a few of the hairs and tie them in the hem of your garment. New Revised Standard Version Then you shall take from these a small number, and bind them in the skirts of your robe. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you shall take from thence a few of the hairs and bind them in the skirt of your cloak. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And you shall take from there a few in number and sew them on your hem OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Thou shalt also take thereof a few by number, and bind them in thy skirts. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt take thence a few in number, and shalt wrap them in the fold of thy garment. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Judgment Against Jerusalem…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. 3But you are to take a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment. 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.… Cross References Jeremiah 24:5-7 “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. Zechariah 13:8-9 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.’” Isaiah 6:13 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.” Amos 9:8-9 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. Jeremiah 30:11 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.” Isaiah 1:9 Unless the LORD of Hosts had left us a few survivors, we would have become like Sodom, we would have resembled Gomorrah. Romans 11:5 In the same way, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. Isaiah 10:20-22 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. Jeremiah 46:28 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.” Romans 9:27-29 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.” Zephaniah 3:12-13 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.” Isaiah 37:31-32 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. Jeremiah 31:7 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!’ Micah 5:7-8 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. Romans 11:26-27 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.” Treasury of Scripture You shall also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in your skirts. a few 2 Kings 25:12 But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen. Jeremiah 39:10 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. 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. skirts [heb] wings Jump to Previous Bind Bound Edges Few Folding Folds Garment Hair Hairs Robe Robes Skirts Small Strands Thence Thereof TuckJump to Next Bind Bound Edges Few Folding Folds Garment Hair Hairs Robe Robes Skirts Small Strands Thence Thereof TuckEzekiel 5 1. Under the type of hair5. is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion 12. by famine, sword, and dispersion But you are to take This phrase indicates a direct command from God to the prophet Ezekiel. The Hebrew root for "take" is "laqach," which often implies receiving or seizing something with intention. In the context of Ezekiel's prophetic actions, this command underscores the deliberate and purposeful nature of God's instructions. It reflects the seriousness with which God communicates His messages through His prophets, emphasizing the importance of obedience and attention to detail in fulfilling divine directives. a few strands of hair and secure them in the folds of your garment At this 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. Verses 3, 4. - Thou shalt also take, etc. The words may point(1) either to those in Jerusalem who had escaped the famine and the sword, and were left in the land (2 Kings 25:22; Jeremiah 40:6; Jeremiah 40:6); or (2) 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" (1 Corinthians 3:15), to be as "brands plucked from the burning" (Amos 4:11; Zechariah 3:2). Isaiah's thought of the "remnant" (Isaiah 10:20-22; Isaiah 11:11-16) 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," s.c. from the fire (Revised Version). Hebrew But you are to takeוְלָקַחְתָּ֥ (wə·lā·qaḥ·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take a few מְעַ֣ט (mə·‘aṭ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 4592: A little, fewness, a few strands of hair בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר (bə·mis·pār) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration and secure וְצַרְתָּ֥ (wə·ṣar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6696: To confine, bind, besiege them אוֹתָ֖ם (’ō·w·ṯām) Direct object marker | third person masculine plural Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case in the folds of your garment. בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃ (biḵ·nā·p̄e·ḵā) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle Links Ezekiel 5:3 NIVEzekiel 5:3 NLT Ezekiel 5:3 ESV Ezekiel 5:3 NASB Ezekiel 5:3 KJV Ezekiel 5:3 BibleApps.com Ezekiel 5:3 Biblia Paralela Ezekiel 5:3 Chinese Bible Ezekiel 5:3 French Bible Ezekiel 5:3 Catholic Bible OT Prophets: Ezekiel 5:3 You shall take of it a few (Ezek. 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