And thou shalt take thereof a small number: and shalt bind them in the skirt of thy cloak.

And thou hast taken thence a few in number, and hast bound them in thy skirts;

And take from them a small number of hairs, folding them in your skirts.

And you shall take from there a small number. And you shall bind them in the end of your cloak.

Et sumes inde exiguum in numero, et ligabis illa [109] in alis tuis. [110]

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; 41. The whole prophecy is one of denunciation.

Thou shalt also take of them a few in number, and bind them in thy (c) skirts.
(c) Meaning, that a very few would be left, which the Lord would preserve among all these storms, but not without troubles and trial.

Thou shall also take thereof a few in number,.... These are they that were left in the land of Judea by Nebuzaradan, for vinedressers and husbandmen, and such as returned out of Egypt into the land of Judah, Jeremiah 44:28;
and bind them in thy skirts; in the pockets of them; signifying both the very small number of them, and their preservation. Jarchi and Kimchi interpret these of those that were carried captive to Babylon, and lived there, and were preserved, and returned again.

Take - Of the last third. Bind - As men tied up in the skirt of their garment what they would not lose: to signify the small remnant.