Ezekiel 4:7

Thus then unto the siege of Jerusalem, shalt thou direct thy face, with thine arm made bare,—so shalt thou prophesy against it.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

6And when thou hast ended these, then shalt thou lie, on thy right side. a second time, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah,— forty days, one day for each year, have I appointed thee.

8And lo! I have laid upon thee-bands,—and thou shalt not turn thee from thy one side to thine other, until thou have ended the days of thy siege.

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Cross References

Isaiah 52:10Yahweh hath bared his holy arm, in the eyes of all the nations, So shall all the ends of the earth see the salvation of our God.

Ezekiel 5:2A third part in the fire, shalt thou burn in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled,—and thou shalt take a third part, thou shalt smite it with the cuting instrument round about it, and a third part, shalt thou scatter to the wind, and, a sword, will I, make bare after them;

Ezekiel 21:2Son of man Set thy face against Jerusalem, And drop thy word against the holy places And prophesy against the soil 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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