Ezekiel 5:3 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 5:3

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

Thou shall also take thereof a few in number,.... These are they that were left in the land of Judea by Nebuzaradan, for vinedressers and husbandmen, and such as returned out of Egypt into the land of Judah, Jer 44:28; and bind them in thy skirts; in the pockets of them; signifying both the very small number of them, and their preservation. Jarchi and Kimchi interpret these of those that were carried captive to Babylon, and lived there, and were preserved, and returned again.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This signified perhaps that little handful of people which were left under the government of Gedaliah, who, it was hoped, would keep possession of the land when the body of the people was carried into captivity.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Of the third part a few are yet to be taken and kept in the fold of the garment (representing those still to remain in their native land), and yet even of those few some are to be cast into the fire. Such was the fate of those left behind after the destruction of Jerusalem Jer. 40; 41. The whole prophecy is one of denunciation. Eze 5:4 Thereof - Or, from thence, out of the midst of the fire. Omit “For.”

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלָקַחְתָּ֥	ve.la.kach.Ta	and you will take	H3947 →
מִשָּׁ֖ם	mi.Sham	from there	H8033 →
מְעַ֣ט	me.'At	a few	H4592 →
בְּמִסְפָּ֑ר	be.mis.Par	in number	H4557 →
וְצַרְתָּ֥	ve.tzar.Ta	and you will confine	H6696 →
אוֹתָ֖ם	'o.Tam	<obj.> them	H853 →
בִּכְנָפֶֽיךָ׃	bikh.na.Fei.kha	in skirts your	H3671 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Matthew 7:14
But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.
leads to
- Luke 13:23–30
  “Lord,” someone asked Him, “will only a few people be saved?” Jesus answered,
- Matthew 22:14
  For many are called, but few are chosen.”
- Matthew 16:24–25
  Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.
- Romans 12:2
  Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what is the good, pleasing, and perfect will of…
- Isaiah 35:8
  And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
Through
2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
leads to
- Jeremiah 40:7
  When all the commanders and men of the armies in the field heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam over the land and that he had put him in…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Ezekiel 33:24
  “Son of man, those living in the ruins in the land of Israel are saying, ‘Abraham was only one man, yet he possessed the land. But we are many; surely the land has been…
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
Through
Jeremiah 39:10
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.
leads to
- 2 Kings 25:12
  But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Ezekiel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Ezekiel