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Ezekiel 4:1
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“Now you, son of man, take a brick, set it in front of you, and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Yerushalayim:
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
"And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.
"Now you, son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you, and inscribe a city on it—Jerusalem.
"Now, human, get yourself a brick, put it in front of you, and draw a map of Jerusalem on it.
"Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.
You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:
Thou also sonne of man, take thee a bricke, and lay it before thee, and pourtray vpon it the citie, euen Ierusalem,
"Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.
"Now as for you, son of man, get yourself a brick, set it before you, and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.
Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
The Lord said: Ezekiel, son of man, find a brick and sketch a picture of Jerusalem on it.
"As for you, human being, take a clay slab, lay it down in front of you, and draw on it the city of Yerushalayim.
And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city,—Jerusalem:
"Son of man, take a brick and scratch a picture on it. Draw a picture of a city—the city of Jerusalem.
YOU also, O Son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and draw upon it the outline of the city of Jerusalem;
God said, "Mortal man, get a brick, put it in front of you, and scratch lines on it to represent the city of Jerusalem.
"Now, son of man, take for yourself a brick, and you must put it before you, and you must portray on it a city, Jerusalem.
And you, son of man, take a brick to yourself, and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, Jerusalem.
Thou sonne off man: take a tyle stone, and laye it before the, and descrybe vpon it the cite off Ierusalem:
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and trace upon it a city, even Jerusalem;
Thou also sonne of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray vpon it the citie, euen Ierusalem,
Thou sonne of man, take thee a tyle stone and lay it before thee, and purtray vpon it the citie Hierusalem,
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.
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
And thou, sone of man, take to thee a tijl stoon; and thou schalt sette it bifore thee, and thou schalt discriue ther ynne the citee of Jerusalem.
You also, son of man, take for yourself a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem;
"And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it—Jerusalem.
"You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem.
"And now, son of man, take a large clay brick and set it down in front of you. Then draw a map of the city of Jerusalem on it.
"Now, son of man, get a hard clay block. Set it down in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
And you, O mortal, take a brick and set it before you. On it portray a city, Jerusalem;
Thou therefore O son of man Take thee a tablet, and lay it before thee, - and pourtray thereon a city, even Jerusalem.
"And you, O son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem;
`And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city -- Jerusalem,
"Now, son of man, take a brick and place it before you. Draw a picture of the city Jerusalem on it. Then make a model of a military siege against the brick: Build siege walls, construct a ramp, set up army camps, lay in battering rams around it. Then get an iron skillet and place it upright between you and the city—an iron wall. Face the model: The city shall be under siege and you shall be the besieger. This is a sign to the family of Israel.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
take: Ezekiel 5:1-17, Ezekiel 12:3-16, 1 Samuel 15:27, 1 Samuel 15:28, 1 Kings 11:30, 1 Kings 11:31, Isaiah 20:2-4, Jeremiah 13:1-14, Jeremiah 18:2-12, Jeremiah 19:1-15, Jeremiah 25:15-38, Jeremiah 27:2-22, Hosea 1:2-9, Hosea 3:1-5, Hosea 12:10
a tile: ××× × [Strong's H3843], levainah generally denotes a brick, and Palladius informs us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were "two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick;" and on such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. Perhaps, however, it may here denote a flat tile, like a Roman brick, which were commonly used for tablets, as we learn from Pliny, Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 57.
even: Jeremiah 6:6, Jeremiah 32:31, Amos 3:2
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:52 - General 2 Kings 13:18 - Smite 2 Kings 25:1 - pitched Jeremiah 43:9 - great Jeremiah 52:4 - pitched Ezekiel 2:1 - Son Ezekiel 3:24 - Go Ezekiel 5:2 - the city Ezekiel 5:5 - This Ezekiel 21:19 - General
Cross-References
I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.
Adam also knew his wife again: and she brought forth a son, and called his name Seth, saying: God hath given me another seed for Abel, whom Cain slew.
And he called his name Noe, saying: This same shall comfort us from the works and labours of our hands on the earth, which the Lord hath cursed.
Therefore kill all that are of the male sex, even of the children: and put to death the women, that have carnally known men.
Not as Cain, who was of the wicked one and killed his brother. And wherefore did he kill him? Because his own works were wicked: and his brother’s just.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile,.... Or "brick" z. The Targum renders it, a "stone"; but a tile or brick, especially one that is not dried and burned, but green, is more fit to cut in it the figure of a city. Some think that this was ordered because cities are built of brick; or to show the weakness of the city of Jerusalem, how easily it might be demolished; and Jerom thinks there was some design to lead the Jews to reflect upon their making bricks in Egypt, and their hard service there; though perhaps the truer reason may be, because the Babylonians had been used to write upon tiles. Epigenes a says they had celestial observations of a long course of years, written on tiles; hence the prophet is bid to describe Jerusalem on one, which was to be destroyed by the king of Babylon;
and lay it before thee: as persons do, who are about to draw a picture, make a portrait, or engrave the form of anything they intend:
and portray upon it the city; [even] Jerusalem; or engrave upon it, by making incisions on it, and so describing the form and figure of the city of Jerusalem.
z ××× × "laterem", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus. Piscator. a Apud Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
A tile - Rather, a brick. Sun-dried or kiln-burned bricks were from very early times used for building walls throughout the plain of Mesopotamia. The bricks of Nineveh and Babylon are sometimes stamped with what appears to be the device of the king in whose reign they were made, and often covered with a kind of enamel on which various scenes are portrayed. Among the subjects depicted on such bricks discovered at Nimroud are castles and forts.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
CHAPTER IV
Ezekiel delineates Jerusalem, and lays siege to it, as a type
of the manner in which the Chaldean army should surround that
city, 1-3.
The prophet commanded to lie on his left side three hundred and
ninety days, and on his right side forty days, with the
signification, 4-8.
The scanty and coarse provision allowed the prophet during his
symbolical siege, consisting chiefly of the worst kinds of
grain, and likewise ill-prepared, as he had only cow's dung for
fuel, tended all to denote the scarcity of proviswn, fuel, and
every necessary of life, which the Jews should experience during
the siege of Jerusalem. 9-17.
NOTES ON CHAP. IV
Verse Ezekiel 4:1. Take thee a tile — A tile, such as we use in covering houses, will give us but a very inadequate notion of those used anciently; and also appear very insufficient for the figures which the prophet was commanded to pourtray on it. A brick is most undoubtedly meant; yet, even the larger dimensions here, as to thickness, will not help us through the difficulty, unless we have recourse to the ancients, who have spoken of the dimensions of the bricks commonly used in building. Palladius, De Re Rustica, lib. vi. c. 12, is very particular on this subject:-Sint vero lateres longitudine pedum duorum, latitudine unius, altitudine quatuor unciarum. "Let the bricks be two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick." Edit. Gesner, vol. iii. p. 144. On such a surface as this the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. There are some brick-bats before me which were brought from the ruins of ancient Babylon, which have been made of clay and straw kneaded together and baked in the sun; one has been more than four inches thick, and on one side it is deeply impressed with characters; others are smaller, well made, and finely impressed on one side with Persepolitan characters. These have been for inside or ornamental work; to such bricks the prophet most probably alludes.
But the tempered clay out of which the bricks were made might be meant here; of this substance he might spread out a sufficient quantity to receive all his figures. The figures were,
1. Jerusalem.
2. A fort.
3. A mount.
4. The camp of the enemy.
5. Battering rams, and such like engines, round about.
6. A wall round about the city, between it and the besieging army.
