Ezekiel 5:3-4

[3] Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number, and bind them in thy skirts. [4] Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; come forth into all the house of Israel.

What is the context of Ezekiel 5:3-4?

Ezekiel Shaves with a Sword (Ezekiel 5:1-4 true)
Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)
Jerusalem’s Desolation Foretold (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)
A Sign of the Coming Judgment (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)
A Sword Against Jerusalem (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)
God’s Razor of Judgment (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)
Ezekiel’s Strange Defiled Meal (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)
Ezekiel Dramatizes Jerusalem’s Fall (Ezekiel 5:1-17 true)

What does Ezekiel 5:3-4 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Ezekiel was also to take a few hairs from the last group and hide them in the edge of his robe symbolizing the remnant that the Lord would preserve in captivity. Still other hairs he was to throw into the fire representing the fact that the Lord would judge the whole house of Israel. The fire of judgment that would burn in Jerusalem would spread to judge the whole population of Jews.