Ezekiel 4:3

Thou, therefore take thee a pan of iron, and set it for a wall of iron, between thee and the city,—then shalt thou direct thy face against it and it shall come into siege and thou shalt lay siege to it, a sign, shall it be to the house of Israel.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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 shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

In Context

2Then shalt thou lay siege against it And build up against it a siege-wall And cast up against it, a mound,— And set against it camps, And place against it battering-rams, round about.

4Thou, therefore lie thou on thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it,— during the number of the days which thou shalt lie thereon, shalt thou bear their punishment.

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Cross References

Leviticus 2:5But, if, a meal-offering, on a girdle, be thine oblation, of fine meal, overflowed with oil unleavened, shall it be;

Isaiah 20:3Then said Yahweh,—As my servant Isaiah, hath walked, disrobed and barefoot three years as a sign and a wonder against Egypt and against Ethiopia,

Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his force against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.

Ezekiel 12:11Say, I, am your sign: As I have done, so. shall it be done to them, Into exile—into captivity, shall they go.

Ezekiel 24:27That in that day, thy mouth shall be opened unto him that hath escaped, And thou shalt speak and not be dumb any longer? So shalt thou become to them a wonder, And they shall know that, I, am Yahweh.

Hebrews 2:4God, jointly witnessing also, both with signs and wonders and manifold mighty works, and with distributions of Holy Spirit, according to his own will?

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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