Ezekiel 4:1
And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Samuel 15:27And Samuel turned about to go away: but he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
Isaiah 20:2At that same time the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaias the son of Amos, saying: Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and take off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, and went naked, and barefoot.
Jeremiah 6:6For thus saith the Lord of hosts: Hew down her trees, cast up a trench about Jerusalem: this is the city to be visited, all oppression is in the midst of her.
Jeremiah 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there thou shalt hear my words.
Jeremiah 25:15For thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Take the cup of wine of this fury at my hand: and thou shalt make all nations to drink thereof, unto which I shall send thee.
Jeremiah 32:31For this city hath been to me a provocation and indignation from the day that they built it, until this day, in which it shall be taken out of my sight.
Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 4:1
Ezekiel was now among the captives in Babylon, but they there had Jerusalem still upon their hearts; the pious captives looked towards it with an eye of faith (as Daniel vi. 10 ), the presumptuous ones looked towards it with an eye of pride, and flattered themselves with a conceit that they should shortly return thither again; those that remained corresponded with the captives, and, it is likely, bouyed them up with hopes that all would be well yet, as long as Jerusalem was standing in its strength, and perhaps… Read the whole commentary →