Ezekiel 4:3 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 4:3

The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed

1 “You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem.

2 ^aLay siege against it, build a ^bsiege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.

3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be ^abesieged, and you shall lay siege against it. ^bThis will be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 “Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

5 For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; ^aso you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

6 And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.

7 “Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

8 ^aAnd surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

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Definitions of words in Ezekiel 4:3:

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

As {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

City {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
City {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Face {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Face {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

House {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
House {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Israel {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Israel {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Israel {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Plate {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Set {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Siege {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Sign {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Take {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Wall {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Wall {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Will {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Iron {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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