3. FIRST INSTRUCTIONS BY SIGNS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION
(Chaps. Ezekiel 4:1 to Ezekiel 5:17).
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel is ordered to carry out certain specified
processes. Their purport is expressed by the words (Ezekiel 4:3),
“This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.” The use of such
signs is... [ Continue Reading ]
_Scanty means of subsistence symbolising punishment_ (chap. Ezekiel
4:9)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 4:9. The several sorts of vegetable
food—the richest and the poorest in nutritive elements—being
placed “IN ONE VESSEL,” signified that all classes of the
population would be obliged to gather every p... [ Continue Reading ]