And thine arm shall be uncovered— Shall be extended. Houbigant. The habits of the ancients were so contrived, that the right hand was disengaged from the upper garment, that they might be more ready for action. See Isaiah 52:10.
THEREFORE THOU SHALT SET THY FACE - Or, “And etc.” i. e., direct thy mind to that subject. THINE ARM SHALL BE UNCOVERED - A sign of the execution of vengeance Isaiah 52:10....
Ezekiel 4:1. The word tile means “brick.” They were used by the Babylonians to preserve their records, and many have been found marked with building plans, etc. The sign of the tile foretells the sieg...
(B) THE EXILE: ITS DURATION. The next action is more curious. Ezekiel is represented as lying upon his side for 190 days (as LXX correctly reads in Ezekiel 4:5) to symbolise the years of punishment in...
THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. This is thepoint which determines the interpretation, as do Ezekiel 4:1....
Second Section. Ch. Ezekiel 3:22 to Ezekiel 7:27 The second section of the Book contains these parts: (1) Ch. Ezekiel 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded to confine himself to his o...
_Therefore thou shalt set_ With R.V., AND THOU SHALT SET … WITH THINE ARM UNCOVERED. In this verse the prophet resumes Ezekiel 4:1, representing the besiegers; he sets his face towards the siege, pres...
II. PARABLE OF ISRAEL'S SIN 4:4-8 TRANSLATION (4) And as for you, lie upon your left side, and set the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. The number of days in which you lay upon it you shall b...
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. THINE ARM SHALL BE UNCOVERED - to be ready for action, which...
§ 2. THE OVERTHROW OF THE JEWISH KINGDOM FORETOLD (EZEKIEL 4-7) The great theme of the first part of Ezekiel's prophetic ministry was the certainty of the complete downfall of the Jewish state. Though...
MULTIPLIED] RV 'are turbulent.' NEITHER.. MY JUDGMENTS.. THE JUDGMENTS (RV 'ordinances') OF THE NATIONS] Israel had been worse than the heathen, who had at least been faithful to their own gods: see J...
EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’ THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 4 THE BRICK AND THE IRON PLATE – EZEKIEL 4:1-8 V1 ‘*Son
SET THY FACE is a common Scriptural expression for any steadfast purpose. (See Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 20:5; Leviti
וְ אֶל ־מְצֹ֤ור יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙ תָּכִ֣ין פָּנֶ֔יךָ...
THE END FORETOLD Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 7:1 WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great division of Ezekiel's prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of about four and a...
The second division of the Book contains the messages of the prophet concerning the reprobation of the chosen nation. These fall into three parts. In the first, by symbolism and speech he described th...
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thy (d) arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. (d) In token of a speedy vengeance....
_Siege, which shall be most terrible; (Haydock) 390 days: the pillage shall last other forty. (Tirinus) --- So many years have the people transgressed. --- Out. Hebrew, "naked." Thus various barbarian...
I cannot but think somewhat more than Ezekiel, as a servant, and the captivity of the people in Babylon, was intended by this type. At least it is hardly possible to overlook Christ, the one and only...
It is added, _and towards the siege of Jerusalem thou shalt set or establish thy face _Either meaning may be received; either directing and ordering, or establishing and strengthening; although the wo...
Besides the general judgment that God pronounced upon the condition of Israel, Jerusalem-on whom lay all the iniquity of the people now come to its height-appears before God whom she had despised. The...
THEREFORE THOU SHALT SET THY FACE TOWARD THE SIEGE AT JERUSALEM,.... All the while he was lying either on the left side or the right, his face was to be directed to the siege of Jerusalem, portrayed u...
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. Ver. 7. _Set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem._] Steel t...
_Thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem_ Thou shalt look toward Jerusalem, or toward the portraiture of it upon the tile, with a threatening countenance, as men do toward the city which...
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, which was always before the prophet in the sketch which he had drawn, AND THINE ARM, namely, the free arm in either case, SHALL BE UNCO...
THE SYMBOL OF THE SIEGE...
1-8 The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He was to lie on his left side for a number of days, supposed to be equal to the years from the establishment of idolatry. All that th...
THEREFORE, Heb. _And_, while thou liest on thy side, thou shalt fix thy countenance on the portrait of besieged Jerusalem, with angry and menacing looks. JERUSALEM; not which was in the land of Judah,...
Ezekiel 4:7 set H3559 (H8686) face H6440 siege H4692 Jerusalem H3389 arm H2220 uncovered H2834 (H8803) prophesy...
“And you shall set your face towards the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered, and you will prophesy against it, and behold I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to...
CONTENTS: The sign of the tile. Typical representations. CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel. CONCLUSION: If men will not serve God with cheerfulness in the abundance of all things, God will make them serve th...
Ezekiel 4:1. _Son of man, take thee a tile._ It is probable that the prophet took a sheet of plastic clay proper for his purpose; for the Hebrew root בנה _banah,_ is generally applied to construction...
_Take thee a tile._ THE MINISTRY OF SYMBOLISM In this chapter there begins a series of symbols utterly impossible of modern interpretation. This ministry of symbolism has still a place in all progres...
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 4:1 Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah. The oracles of chs. Ezekiel 4:1 come before Jerusalem’s downfall in 587 B.C. Although the sequence
EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 4:7 The ARM BARED (compare Isaiah 52:10) suggests the “outstretched arm” (e.g.,...
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...
EXPOSITION Prior to any detailed examination of the strange series of acts recorded in this and the following chapter, we are met with the question whether they were indeed visible and outward acts,...
CHAPTER 4. THE VISION OF THE SIEGE AND THE INIQUITY-BEARING. Ezekiel 4:1. _And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and set it before thee, and engrave on it the city Jerusalem._ Ezekiel 4:2. _And l...
Now thou also, Son of man, take a tile (Ezekiel 4:1), Now this is a brick, and it's about twelve inches by fourteen inches. The archeologists have uncovered thousands of these bricks there in the area...
Ezekiel 4:3; Ezekiel 6:2; Isaiah 52:10...
Set — While thou liest on thy side thou shalt fix thy countenance on the portrait of besieged Jerusalem. Uncovered — Naked and stretched out as being ready to strike....