Ezekiel 4:1
Thou therefore O son of man Take thee a tile, and lay it before thee,—and portray thereon a city, even Jerusalem.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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1 Samuel 15:27And, when Samuel turned about to go away, then laid he hold of the skirt of his robe, and it was rent.
Isaiah 20:2At that time, spake Yahweh, through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, Go, and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, And thy sandal, draw thou off from thy foot,—And he did so, walking disrobed and barefoot.
Jeremiah 6:6For, Thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Cut ye down timber, And cast up, against Jerusalem a mound,—That, is the city to be punished! There is, nothing, but oppression in her midst;
Jeremiah 18:2Arise and go down to the house of the potter,—and, there, will I cause thee to hear my words.
Jeremiah 25:15For, thus, said Yahweh, God of Israel unto me, Take this cup of indignation wine out of my hand,—and cause all the nations unto whom I am sending thee, to drink it:
Jeremiah 32:31For According to mine anger, and According to mine indignation, hath been to me this city, from the day when they built it even unto this day,—that I should pull it down 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 →