Księga Ezechiela 4:3

Biblia Warszawska

Potem weź żelazną płytę i postaw ją jako mur żelazny pomiędzy sobą a miastem; i skieruj swoje oblicze w jego stronę, jakby było oblężone, jakbyś ty je oblegał. To będzie znakiem dla domu izraelskiego.

Parallel Translations

Biblia Brzeska (1563)
Weźmiż sobie panew żelazną, a postaw ją miasto muru żelaznego miedzy tobą a miedzy miastem, a obróć oblicze swoje przeciw jemu i oblęż je, a dobywaj go. Toć będzie dziw domowi izraelskiemu.

Biblia Gdańska (1632)
Potem weźmij sobie panew żelazną, i postaw ją miasto muru żelaznego między sobą a między miastem, a obróć twarz swoję przeciwko niemu, niech będzie oblężone, a oblężesz je. To będzie znakiem domowi Izraelskiemu;

Nowe Przymierze Zaremba
Potem weź sobie żelazną płytę i ustaw ją niczym żelazny mur pomiędzy sobą a miastem. Na koniec przybierz wrogą minę i zacznij zachowywać się tak, jakby to było prawdziwe oblężenie i jakbyś to ty oblegał miasto. To będzie znakiem dla domu Izraela!

Nowa Biblia Gdańska (2012)
Potem weźmiesz żelazną płytę i ustawisz ją jako żelazny mur pomiędzy sobą a miastem. Zwrócisz do niego swe oblicze, jakby było w stanie oblężenia, a ty je oblegasz. To będzie znak dla domu Israela.

Biblia Tysiąclecia
Potem weźmij sobie panew żelazną, i postaw ją miasto muru żelaznego między sobą a między miastem, a obróć twarz swoję przeciwko niemu, niech będzie oblężone, a oblężesz je. To będzie znakiem domowi Izraelskiemu;

Uwspółcześniona Biblia Gdańska
Następnie weź sobie patelnię żelazną, postaw ją jakby mur żelazny pomiędzy sobą a miastem i odwróć swą twarz przeciwko niemu. Ono będzie oblężone, a ty będziesz je oblegał. To będzie znak dla domu Izraela.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

an iron pan: or, a flat plate, or slice, Leviticus 2:5

This: Ezekiel 12:6, Ezekiel 12:11, Ezekiel 24:24-27, Isaiah 8:18, Isaiah 20:3, Luke 2:34, Hebrews 2:4

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 20:35 - Smite me Ezekiel 4:7 - set Ezekiel 13:17 - set thy Ezekiel 21:2 - set Daniel 11:17 - set

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan,.... Which Kimchi thinks, for its metal, represented the hardness of the hearts of the people of Israel; and, for its colour, the blackness of their sins: though others are of opinion, this being a pan in which things are fried, it may signify the miseries of the Jews in captivity; the roasting of Ahab and Zedekiah in the fire, and particularly the burning of the city: others, the wrath of God against them, and his resolution to destroy them: but rather, since the use of it was as follows,

and set it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city, it seems to represent all such things as are made use of by besiegers to screen them from the besieged; such as are now used are trenches, parapets, bastions, c. for the prophet in this type is the besieger, representing the Chaldean army secure from the annoyance of those within the walls of the city:

and set thy face against it with a firm resolution to besiege and take the city; which denotes both the settled wrath of God against this people, and the determined purpose of the king of Babylon not to move from it until he had taken it:

and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it; as an emblem of the army of the Chaldeans besieging it, which is confirmed by the next clause:

this [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel; of the city of Jerusalem being besieged by the Babylonians; this was a sign representing it, and giving them assurance of it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

An iron pan - Another figure in the coming siege. On Assyrian sculptures from Nimroud and Kouyunjik there are sieges of cities with “forts, mounts, and rams;” and together with these we see a kind of shield set up on the ground, behind which archers are shooting. Such a shield would be represented by the “flat plate” (margin). Ezekiel was directed to take such a plate (part of his household furniture) and place it between him and the representation of the city.

A sign to the house of Israel - This “sign” was not necessarily acted before the people, but may simply have been described to them as a vivid representation of the event which it foretold. “Israel” stands here for the kingdom of Judah (compare Ezekiel 3:7, Ezekiel 3:17; Ezekiel 5:4; Ezekiel 8:6). After the captivity of the ten tribes the kingdom of Judah represented the whole nation. Hence, prophets writing after this event constantly address their countrymen as the house of Israel without distinction of tribes.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Ezekiel 4:3. Take thou unto thee an iron pan — מחבת machabath, a flat plate or slice, as the margin properly renders it: such as are used in some countries to bake bread on, called a griddle or girdle, being suspended above the fire, and kept in a proper degree of heat for the purpose. A plate like this, stuck perpendicularly in the earth, would show the nature of a wall much better than any pan could do. The Chaldeans threw such a wall round Jerusalem, to prevent the besieged from receiving any succours, and from escaping from the city.

This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. — This shall be an emblematical representation of what shall actually take place.