Take—a few—and bind, &c.— Hereby is prefigured the remnant of the Jews who should be left in the land under Gedaliah; and in the next verse the destruction which should come upon them also. See Jeremiah 40:5-6; Jeremiah 44:11; Jeremiah 44:30. Houbigant renders the last clause of the next verse, From that fire a flame shall burst forth, &c.
Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 5:3
Ezekiel 5:3
3 Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.a