Ezekiel 5:4
New International Version
Again, take a few of these and throw them into the fire and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all Israel.

New Living Translation
Then take some of these hairs out and throw them into the fire, burning them up. A fire will then spread from this remnant and destroy all of Israel.

English Standard Version
And of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
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.

New King James Version
Then take some of them again and throw them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will go out into all the house of Israel.

New American Standard Bible
Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

NASB 1995
“Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

NASB 1977
“And take again some of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Legacy Standard Bible
Take again some of them and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Amplified Bible
Again take some hair and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire; from it a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

Christian Standard Bible
Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it. A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Take some more of them, throw them into the fire, and burn them in it. A fire will spread from it to the whole house of Israel.”

American Standard Version
And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
Then pull out a few of those hairs and throw them in the fire, so they will also burn. This fire will spread, destroying everyone in Israel.

English Revised Version
And of these again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Later, take some of them, and throw them in a fire and burn them up. From there a fire will spread throughout the whole nation of Israel.

Good News Translation
Then take a few of them out again, throw them in the fire, and let them burn up. From them fire will spread to the whole nation of Israel."

International Standard Version
Then you are to take a few strands, throw them in the fire, and incinerate them. A fire will proceed to the house of Israel from there."

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

New Heart English Bible
Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel."

Webster's Bible Translation
Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from which a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

World English Bible
Of these again you shall take, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire. From it a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
and you take of them again, and have cast them into the midst of the fire, and have burned them in the fire—out of it comes forth a fire to all the house of Israel.”

Young's Literal Translation
and of them thou dost take again, and hast cast them unto the midst of the fire, and hast burned them in the fire -- out of it cometh forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.

Smith's Literal Translation
And thou shalt yet take from them and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in fire: from it shall come forth fire to all the house of Israel.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt take of them again, and shalt cast them in the midst of the fire, and shalt burn them with fire: and out of it shall come forth a fire into all the house of Israel.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And again, you shall take from them, and you shall throw them into the midst of the fire, and you shall burn them with fire. And from it, there shall go forth a fire to the entire house of Israel.”

New American Bible
Take some of these and throw them into the fire and burn them in the fire. Because of this, fire will flash out against the whole house of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
From these, again, you shall take some, throw them into the fire and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against all the house of Israel.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Then take some of them again and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for from them shall come forth a fire into all the house of Israel.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And some of them again take and you will throw them within the fire, and you will burn them in fire, and from them a fire shall go forth to all of the house of Israel
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And of them again shalt thou take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; therefrom shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them up with fire: from thence shall come forth fire; and thou shalt say to the whole house of Israel,

Additional Translations ...
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Context
Judgment Against Jerusalem
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. 5This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘This is Jerusalem, which I have set in the center of the nations, with countries all around her.…

Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.

Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Jeremiah 9:16
I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

Jeremiah 15:2-4
If they ask you, ‘Where shall we go?’ you are to tell them that this is what the LORD says: ‘Those destined for death, to death; those destined for the sword, to the sword; those destined for famine, to famine; and those destined for captivity, to captivity.’ / I will appoint over them four kinds of destroyers, declares the LORD: the sword to kill, the dogs to drag away, and the birds of the air and beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. / I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth because of what Manasseh son of Hezekiah king of Judah did in Jerusalem.

2 Kings 25:11
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried into exile the people who remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon and the rest of the population.

Jeremiah 29:18
I will pursue them with sword and famine and plague. I will make them a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth—a curse, a desolation, and an object of scorn and reproach among all the nations to which I banish them.

Jeremiah 34:17
Therefore this is what the LORD says: You have not obeyed Me; you have not proclaimed freedom, each man for his brother and for his neighbor. So now I proclaim freedom for you, declares the LORD—freedom to fall by sword, by plague, and by famine! I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

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.’”

Amos 9:9-10
“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. / All the sinners among My people will die by the sword—all those who say, ‘Disaster will never draw near or confront us.’”

Matthew 24:21
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword and be led captive into all the nations. And Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.

Revelation 8:7
Then the first angel sounded his trumpet, and hail and fire mixed with blood were hurled down upon the earth. A third of the earth was burned up, along with a third of the trees and all the green grass.

Revelation 8:8-9
Then the second angel sounded his trumpet, and something like a great mountain burning with fire was thrown into the sea. A third of the sea turned to blood, / a third of the living creatures in the sea died, and a third of the ships were destroyed.

Revelation 8:10-11
Then the third angel sounded his trumpet, and a great star burning like a torch fell from heaven and landed on a third of the rivers and on the springs of water. / The name of the star is Wormwood. A third of the waters turned bitter like wormwood oil, and many people died from the bitter waters.


Treasury of Scripture

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

take

2 Kings 25:25
But it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, came, and ten men with him, and smote Gedaliah, that he died, and the Jews and the Chaldees that were with him at Mizpah.

Jeremiah 41:1-45:1
Now it came to pass in the seventh month, that Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the seed royal, and the princes of the king, even ten men with him, came unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam to Mizpah; and there they did eat bread together in Mizpah…

Jeremiah 52:30
In the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred.

shall a fire

Jeremiah 4:4
Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come forth like fire, and burn that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.

Jeremiah 48:45
They that fled stood under the shadow of Heshbon because of the force: but a fire shall come forth out of Heshbon, and a flame from the midst of Sihon, and shall devour the corner of Moab, and the crown of the head of the tumultuous ones.

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Ezekiel 5
1. Under the type of hair
5. is shown the judgment of Jerusalem for their rebellion
12. by famine, sword, and dispersion














Again, take some of them
This phrase indicates a continuation of a symbolic act that Ezekiel is commanded to perform. The Hebrew word for "again" (עוֹד, 'od) suggests repetition and emphasis, underscoring the seriousness of the message. The "some of them" refers to a portion of the hair that Ezekiel was instructed to cut off earlier, symbolizing the people of Jerusalem. This act of taking a portion signifies a remnant, a concept frequently seen in the prophetic literature, where a small group is set apart for a specific purpose or judgment.

and throw them into the fire
The act of throwing into the fire is a vivid symbol of judgment and purification. Fire in the Hebrew Bible often represents God's judgment (e.g., Genesis 19:24, Leviticus 10:2). The Hebrew word for "fire" (אֵשׁ, 'esh) is associated with both destruction and purification. This duality reflects the nature of God's judgment, which aims to purify and refine, as well as to punish. The act of throwing the hair into the fire symbolizes the severe judgment that will come upon the people of Jerusalem.

and burn them as well
The burning signifies complete destruction. The Hebrew verb for "burn" (שָׂרַף, saraph) is used in contexts of consuming fire, often in sacrificial or judgmental settings. This emphasizes the totality of the judgment that is to befall the people. The phrase "as well" indicates that this is an additional act of judgment, reinforcing the comprehensive nature of God's response to the people's disobedience.

From there a fire will spread
This phrase suggests the far-reaching consequences of the judgment. The Hebrew word for "spread" (יָצָא, yatsa) means to go out or extend, indicating that the effects of this judgment will not be contained but will impact a larger area. The imagery of fire spreading is a powerful metaphor for the inevitable and unstoppable nature of divine judgment. It also serves as a warning that the consequences of sin and rebellion against God are far-reaching and cannot be easily contained.

to the whole house of Israel
The "whole house of Israel" refers to the entire nation, encompassing both the northern and southern kingdoms. In the context of Ezekiel's prophecy, this phrase underscores the unity of the people in their collective sin and the comprehensive nature of the judgment. The Hebrew word for "house" (בַּיִת, bayit) often signifies not just a physical dwelling but a family or lineage, indicating that the judgment will affect all aspects of the nation's identity and existence. This serves as a sobering reminder of the corporate responsibility of the people and the far-reaching impact of their actions.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Again,
ע֣וֹד (‘ō·wḏ)
Adverb
Strong's 5750: Iteration, continuance, again, repeatedly, still, more

take
תִּקָּ֔ח (tiq·qāḥ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a few of these,
וּמֵהֶם֙ (ū·mê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

throw
וְהִשְׁלַכְתָּ֤ (wə·hiš·laḵ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7993: To throw out, down, away

them into
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the fire,
הָאֵ֔שׁ (hā·’êš)
Article | Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

and burn
וְשָׂרַפְתָּ֥ (wə·śā·rap̄·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8313: To be, on fire

them.
אֹתָ֖ם (’ō·ṯām)
Direct object marker | third person masculine plural
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

From there
מִמֶּ֥נּוּ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

a fire
אֵ֖שׁ (’êš)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 784: A fire

will spread
תֵצֵא־ (ṯê·ṣê-)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the whole
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

house
בֵּ֥ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc


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