Ezekiel 4:7

Set your face toward Jerusalem that is under siege, and with your arm uncovered prophesy against it.

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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

In Context

6When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time on your right side, for you will carry the sin of the house of Judah for forty days. I am assigning to you one day for each year.

8For behold! I am placing bonds on you so you will not turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

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Cross References

Isaiah 52:10Yahweh has bared his holy arm in the sight of all the nations; 1 all the earth will see the salvation of our God. 1

Ezekiel 5:2Burn a third of it with fire in the midst of the city when the days of the siege are completed, and take a third of the hair and strike it with the sword all around the city. Then scatter a third of it to the wind, and I will draw out a sword to chase after the people.

Ezekiel 21:2“Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and speak against the sanctuaries; prophesy against the land of Israel.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 4:2-9

The Representation of a Siege. ( b. c. 595.) 1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. 3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This… Read the whole commentary →

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