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Ezekiel 5:4

"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.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Ezekiel;   Prophecy;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Wicked (People);   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Prophecy, prophet;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Gestures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Famine;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Beard;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - East;   Tabernacles, Feast of;  

Parallel Translations

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.
Hebrew Names Version
Of these again shall you 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 Yisra'el.
King James Version
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.
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.
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.
New Century Version
Take a few more and throw them into the fire and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the people of Israel.
World English Bible
Of these again shall you 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then take of them againe and cast them into the middes of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.
New American Standard Bible (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.
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.
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.
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.
Complete Jewish Bible
Again, of these take some; throw them in the fire, and burn them up; from there a fire will come out against the entire house of Isra'el.
Darby Translation
and thou shalt take of these again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: from it shall a fire come forth against all the house of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Take some of those hairs and throw them into the fire. This will show that a fire will start there and burn throughout the whole house of Israel."
George Lamsa Translation
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.
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."
Lexham English Bible
And from them again you shall take some, and you must throw them in the middle of the fire, and you must burn them with fire; from it a fire will go out to all of the house of Israel.
Literal Translation
And take from them again, and throw them into the middle of the fire and burn them in the fire. From it shall come forth a fire into all the house of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then take a curtesy of it, and cast it in the myddest of ye fyre, and burne it in the fyre. Out of the same fyre shall there go a flame, vpon 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.
Bible in Basic English
And again take some of these and put them in the fire, burning them up in the fire; and say to all the children of Israel,
JPS Old Testament (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.
King James Version (1611)
Then take of them againe, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burne them in the fire: for thereof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Of them yet shalt thou take, and cast them into the middest of the fire, & burne them in the fire: therof shall a fire come foorth into all the house of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
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,
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.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And eft thou schalt take of hem, and thou schalt caste forth hem in to the myddis of the fier. And thou schalt brenne hem in fier; and fier schal go out of that in to al the hous of Israel.
Update Bible Version
And of these again you shall 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.
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.
New English Translation
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 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 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.
New Life Bible
Take some more of them and throw them into the fire, and burn them up. A fire will spread from there to all the people of Israel.
New Revised Standard
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.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and of them, again take, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire,-therefrom, shall go forth a fire unto all the house of Israel.
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.
Revised Standard Version
And of these again you shall take some, and cast them into the fire, and burn them in the fire; from there a fire will come forth into 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.

Contextual Overview

1"And you [Ezekiel], son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber's razor and shave your head and your beard. Then take scales for weighing and divide the hair [into three parts]. 2"You shall burn one third with fire in the center of the city, when the days of the siege are completed. Then you shall take one third and strike it with the sword all around the city, and one third you shall scatter to the wind; and I will unsheathe a sword behind them. 3"Also take some of them and bind them in the edges of your robes. 4"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.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

take: 2 Kings 25:25, Jeremiah 41:1 - Jeremiah 44:30, Jeremiah 52:30

shall a fire: Jeremiah 4:4, Jeremiah 48:45

Reciprocal: Leviticus 14:45 - break down Jeremiah 42:2 - left Jeremiah 42:22 - know Ezekiel 7:11 - none Ezekiel 28:18 - therefore Ezekiel 33:24 - they that Matthew 26:26 - this 1 Corinthians 10:4 - that Rock

Cross-References

Genesis 1:28
And God blessed them [granting them certain authority] and said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth, and subjugate it [putting it under your power]; and rule over (dominate) the fish of the sea, the birds of the air, and every living thing that moves upon the earth."
Genesis 5:1
This is the book (the written record, the history) of the generations of [the descendants of] Adam. When God created man, He made him in the likeness of God [not physical, but a spiritual personality and moral likeness].
Genesis 5:3
When Adam had lived a hundred and thirty years, he became the father of a son in his own likeness, according to his image, and named him Seth.
Genesis 5:7
Seth lived eight hundred and seven years after the birth of Enosh, and he had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:10
Enosh lived eight hundred and fifteen years after the birth of Kenan and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:13
Kenan lived eight hundred and forty years after the birth of Mahalalel and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:19
Jared lived eight hundred years after the birth of Enoch and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:22
Enoch walked [in habitual fellowship] with God three hundred years after the birth of Methuselah and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:26
Methuselah lived seven hundred and eighty-two years after the birth of Lamech and had other sons and daughters.
Genesis 5:30
Lamech lived five hundred and ninety-five years after the birth of Noah and had other sons and daughters.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then take of them again,.... Of that small number preserved:

and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire: this was fulfilled in Gedaliah and the Jews that were with him, over whom the king of Babylon had made him governor, who were slain by Ishmael, Jeremiah 41:1;

[for] thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel; from this barbarous murder of Gedaliah and his men, judgment came upon all the house of Israel; a war commenced between Ishmael and Johanan the son of Kareah; and afterwards Nebuzaradan carried captive great numbers of them that were left in the land. The Syriac and Arabic versions render it, "from these shall a fire come forth", c. which Jarchi interprets of these intimations given the prophet, from whence judgments should come upon all the house of Israel. It may be understood of those that were left in the land, and of such who returned from the captivity for whose sins, and those of their posterity, the wrath of God came forth upon all the house of Israel, to the utter destruction of their nation, city, and temple, by Titus Vespasian.

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 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 Jeremiah 40:0; Jeremiah 41:0. The whole prophecy is one of denunciation.

Ezekiel 5:4

Thereof - Or, from thence, out of the midst of the fire. Omit “For.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 5:4. Ezekiel 5:1.


 
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