Ezekiel 5:3

5:3 But take a few strands of hair ¹  from those and tie them in the ends of your garment. ² 

Ezekiel 5:12

5:12 A third of your people will die of plague or be overcome by the famine within you. ³  A third of your people will fall by the sword surrounding you, ⁴  and a third I will scatter to the winds. I will unleash a sword behind them.

¹ tn Heb “from there a few in number.” The word “strands” has been supplied in the translation for clarification.

² sn Objects could be carried in the end of a garment (Hag 2:12).

³ sn The judgment of plague and famine comes from the covenant curse (Lev 26:25-26). As in v. 10, the city of Jerusalem is figuratively addressed here.

⁴ sn Judgment by plague, famine, and sword occurs in Jer 21:9; 27:13; Ezek 6:11, 12; 7:15.