Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Another symbolical act performed at the same time as the former, in vision, not in external action, wherein it would have been only puerile: narrated as a thing ideally done, it would make a vivid impression. The second action is supplementary to the first, to bring out more fully the same prophetic idea.
left side—referring to the position of the ten tribes, the northern kingdom, as Judah, the southern, answers to "the right side" (Ezekiel 4:6). The Orientals facing the east in their mode, had the north on their left, and the south on their right (Ezekiel 16:46). Also the right was more honorable than the left: so Judah as being the seat of the temple, was more so than Israel.
bear the iniquity—iniquity being regarded as a burden; so it means, "bear the punishment of their iniquity" (Numbers 14:34). A type of Him who was the great sin-bearer, not in mimic show as Ezekiel, but in reality (Isaiah 53:4, Isaiah 53:6, Isaiah 53:12).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Ezekiel 4:4:
Daniel 7:25
Hosea 1:2
1 Corinthians 14:22
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