Ezekiel 4:1

And thou, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem.

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In The King James Version

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

In Context

2And lay siege against it, and build a tower against it, and cast up a mound against it; set a camp also against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

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Cross References

Isaiah 20:2at that time spake Jehovah through Isaiah the son of Amoz in this manner: Go, and loose the sackcloth from thy loins, and put off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.

Jeremiah 6:6For thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Hew ye down trees, And raise a mound against Jerusalem! She is a city to be punished; She is full of oppression.

Jeremiah 18:2Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there will I cause thee to hear my words.

Jeremiah 25:15For thus hath Jehovah, the God of Israel, said to me: Take this cup of the wine of wrath from my hand; and let all the nations to which I shall send thee drink of it.

Jeremiah 32:31For this city hath been the object of my anger and my fury, from the day when they built it even to this day; that I might remove it from before my face,

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 →

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