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 4:3

4:3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan ³  and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign ⁴  for the house of Israel.

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 tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.

⁴ tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.