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Ezekiel 5:3-5
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3 But take a few strands of hair[a] from those and tie them in the ends of your garment.[b] 4 Again, take more of them and throw them into the fire,[c] and burn them up. From there a fire will spread to all the house of Israel.

5 “This is what the Sovereign Lord says: This is Jerusalem; I placed her in the center of the nations with countries all around her.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 5:3 tn Heb “from there a few in number.” The word “strands” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.
  2. Ezekiel 5:3 sn Objects could be carried in the end of a garment (Hag 2:12).
  3. Ezekiel 5:4 tn Heb “into the midst of” (so KJV, ASV). This phrase has been left untranslated for stylistic reasons.
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