Ezekiel 5:3

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

Ver. 3. Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number.] A remnant is still reserved, "that the Lord God may dwell among men." Psa 68:18 See Jeremiah 44:28 2 Kings 25:12 Isaiah 1:9; Isaiah 6:10 .

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy (c) skirts. (c) Meaning, that a very few would be left, which the Lord would pres...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

(D) The Fate of the Besieged. Yet the last symbol is perhaps the most terrible of all; it suggests the all but irretrievable completeness of the de...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

It is now added: Thou shalt take then a small number, and bind them, (that is, that number, but the number is changed,) viz., those hairs...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. No JFB commentary on these verses.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Symbolic Actions Representing Jerusalem's Siege and Captivity Ezekiel is commanded to perform four remarkable actions setting forth the coming sie...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Pan] RM 'flat plate,' such as was used for baking ( Leviticus 6:21 ; Leviticus 7:9 ). This may be taken as a symbol either of the stubbornness of...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

A few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. — A small remnant of the people was still left in the land after the great captivity ( 2 Kings 25:22...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE END FORETOLD Ezekiel 4:1-17 - Ezekiel 7:1-27 WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great division of Ezekiel's...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In this chapter we have the description of the last of the four signs. The prophet was commanded to take a sword, sharpened as a barber's razor, and...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The type is very expressive, and full to the purpose. And if we consider the judgment here spoken of spiritually, (and no doubt it was so intended),...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 husbandme...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou shall burn a third part in the midst of the city In the midst of that portraiture of the city, which the prophet was commanded to make, chap....
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Representation of Jerusalem's Ruin. B. C. 594....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thereof, i.e. of the last third which were to be dispersed. A few, or small quantity. In number; or, by number, as them in thy skirts; as men...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And you will take from there a few in number, and bind them in your robes, and of these again you will take and cast them into the midst of the fire...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

The last methods of punishment symbolised and interpreted (chap. Ezekiel 5:1-17 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.—The requirements made of Ezekiel still procee...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 5:1 . Son of man, take thee a sharp knife a barber's razor. Clip thy hair, and shave thy beard. Then divide and subdivide the hair into tw...
The Biblical Illustrator

Take thee a sharp knife. God’s judgments upon the wicked 1. Wicked men are of little worth; take a whole city of them, they are of no more acco...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Ezekiel 5:1 Take thee a barber's razor, etc. The series of symbolic acts is carried further. Recollections of Isaiah and Levit...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Sign Itself
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou shalt also take thereof, of the last third of the mass of hair, a few in number and bind them in thy skirts, thus preserving a few in the mids...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:18 ; 2 Kings 25:12 ; Jeremiah 39:10 ; Jeremiah 40:6 ; Jeremiah 52:16 ; Luke 13:23 ; Luke 13:24 ; Matthew 7:14
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Take — Of the last third. Bind — As men tied up in the skirt of their garment what they would not lose: to signify the small remnant.

³ Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts.a

Related Commentaries of Ezekiel 5:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Ezekiel 5:3