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Brenton's Septuagint

Ezekiel 4:8

And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Instruction;   Pantomime;   Symbols and Similitudes;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Prophets;  

Dictionaries:

- Fausset Bible Dictionary - Revelation of John, the;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ezekiel;   Gestures;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Trance;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Iron;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Band;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Church Fathers;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Be aware that I will put cords on you so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
Hebrew Names Version
Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
King James Version
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
English Standard Version
And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.
New American Standard Bible
"Now behold, I will put ropes around you so that you cannot turn from your one side to your other until you have completed the days of your siege.
New Century Version
I will put ropes on you so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your attack on Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
"Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
World English Bible
Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And beholde, I will lay bands vpon thee, and thou shalt not turne thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the dayes of thy siege.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Legacy Standard Bible
Now behold, I will set ropes upon you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Berean Standard Bible
Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
Contemporary English Version
I will tie you up, so you can't leave until your attack has ended.
Complete Jewish Bible
I am tying you down with ropes, and you are not to turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Darby Translation
And behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Easy-to-Read Version
Now look, I am tying ropes on you. You will not be able to roll over from one side to the other until your attack against the city is finished.
George Lamsa Translation
And behold, I have laid chains upon you, and you shall not turn from one side to another until you have completed the days of your siege.
Good News Translation
I will tie you up so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until the siege is over.
Lexham English Bible
Now look! I will put on you cords, and you may not turn yourself from one side to your other side until you complete the days of your siege.
Literal Translation
And, behold, I will put cords on you, and you cannot turn from your side to your other side until you have completed the days of your siege.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, I will laye chaynes vpon the, that thou shalt not turne the from one syde to another, till thou hast ended the dayes of thy sege.
American Standard Version
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
Bible in Basic English
And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
King James Version (1611)
And behold, I wil lay bands vpon thee, and thou shalt not turne thee from one side to an other, till thou hast ended the dayes of thy siege.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Behold, I will lay chaines vpon thee, that thou shalt not turne thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the dayes of thy besieging.
English Revised Version
And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y haue cumpassid thee with boondis, and thou schalt not turne thee fro thi side in `to other side, tille thou fille the daies of thi bisegyng.
Update Bible Version
And, look, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
Webster's Bible Translation
And behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
New English Translation
Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.
New King James Version
And surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.
New Living Translation
I will tie you up with ropes so you won't be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed.
New Life Bible
I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, until you have completed the days of your battle.
New Revised Standard
See, I am putting cords on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And lo! I have laid upon thee-bands, - and thou shalt not turn thee from thy one side to thine other, until thou have ended the days of thy siege.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Revised Standard Version
And, behold, I will put cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.
Young's Literal Translation
And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.
THE MESSAGE
"I will tie you up with ropes, tie you so you can't move or turn over until you have finished the days of the siege.

Contextual Overview

1 And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and thou shalt set it before thy face, and shalt portray on it the city, even Jerusalem. 2 And thou shalt besiege it, and build works against it, and throw up a mound round about it, and pitch camps against it, and set up engines round about. 3 And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it for an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel. 4 And thou shalt lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the hundred and fifty days during which thou shalt lie upon it: and thou shalt bear their iniquities. 5 For I have appointed thee their iniquities for a number of days, for a hundred and ninety days: so thou shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Israel. 6 And thou shalt accomplish this, and then shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year. 7 So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it. 8 And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be accomplished.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will: Ezekiel 3:25

from one side to another: Heb. from thy side to thy side

Reciprocal: Ezekiel 4:4 - upon

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
And it was so after some time that Cain brought of the fruits of the earth a sacrifice to the Lord.
Genesis 4:6
And the Lord God said to Cain, Why art thou become very sorrowful and why is thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:9
And the Lord God said to Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? and he said, I know not, am I my brother’s keeper?
Genesis 4:10
And the Lord said, What hast thou done? the voice of thy brother’s blood cries to me out of the ground.
Genesis 4:12
When thou tillest the earth, then it shall not continue to give its strength to thee: thou shalt be groaning and trembling on the earth.
Genesis 4:15
And the Lord God said to him, Not so, any one that slays Cain shall suffer seven-fold vengeance; and the Lord God set a mark upon Cain that no one that found him might slay him.
Genesis 4:24
Because vengeance has been exacted seven times on Cain’s behalf, on Lamech’s it shall be seventy times seven.
Genesis 4:26
And Seth had a son, and he called his name Enos: he hoped to call on the name of the Lord God.
2 Samuel 3:27
And he brought back Abenner to Chebron, and Joab caused him to turn aside from the gate to speak to him, laying wait for him: and he smote him there in the loins, and he died for the blood of Asael the brother of Joab.
2 Samuel 14:6
And moreover thy handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one smote the other his brother, and slew him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And, behold, I will lay hands upon thee,.... Representing either the besieged, signifying that they should be taken and bound as he was; or rather the besiegers, the Chaldean army, which should be so held by the power and providence of God, that they should not break up the siege until they had taken the city, and fulfilled the whole will and pleasure of God; for these bands were an emblem of the firm and unalterable decree of God, respecting the siege and taking of Jerusalem; and so the Targum paraphrases it,

"and, lo, the decree of my word is upon thee, as a band of ropes;''

and to this sense Jarchi interprets it; and which is confirmed by what follows:

and thou shall not turn thee from one side to another till thou hast ended the days of thy siege; showing that the Chaldean army should not depart from Jerusalem until it was taken; for though, upon the report of the Egyptian army coming against them, they went forth to meet it; yet they returned to Jerusalem, and never left the siege till the city fell into their hands, according to the purpose and appointment of God. Kimchi that the word for siege is in the plural number, and signifies both the "siege" of Samaria and the siege of Jerusalem; but the former was over many years before this time: by this it appears that the siege of Jerusalem should last three hundred and ninety days; indeed, from the beginning to the end of it, were seventeen months, 2 Kings 25:1; but the siege being raised by the army of the king of Egypt for some time,

Jeremiah 37:5, may reduce it to thirteen months, or thereabout; for three hundred and ninety days are not only intended to signify the years of Israel's sin and wickedness, but also to show how long the city would be besieged; and so long the prophet in this symbolical way was besieging it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will lay bands upon thee - Contrast margin reference. The Lord will put constraint upon him, to cause him to exercise his office. In the retirement of his house, figuratively bound and under constraint, he shall not cease to proclaim the doom of the city.

The days of thy siege - Those during which he should thus foretell the approaching calamity.


 
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