Thematic Bible
Ezekiel 4:1 (show verse)
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
Ezekiel 4:2 (show verse)
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.
military Arms » For sieges: » Battering rams
Fort » Field fortifications
Instruction » Illustrations on a tile
Pantomime » By ezekiel
Sieges » Those engaged in » Employed battering rams, &c against the walls
Sieges » Those engaged in » Built forts and mounts
Symbols and similitudes » A siege
Walls » Of cities » Were battered by besieging armies
Fort » Field fortifications
Instruction » Illustrations on a tile
Pantomime » By ezekiel
Sieges » Those engaged in » Employed battering rams, &c against the walls
Sieges » Those engaged in » Built forts and mounts
Symbols and similitudes » A siege
Walls » Of cities » Were battered by besieging armies
Ezekiel 4:3 (show verse)
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.
Ezekiel 4:4 (show verse)
Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
Ezekiel 4:5 (show verse)
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Ezekiel 4:6 (show verse)
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
Days » Prophetical, a year
Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Forty » Days » Symbolical
Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Instruction » Lying on one side in public view for a long period
Pantomime » By ezekiel
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Symbols and similitudes » Posture
Days » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Forty » Days » Symbolical
Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Instruction » Lying on one side in public view for a long period
Pantomime » By ezekiel
Periods and numbers » Forty days » Ezekiel's typical period
Symbols and similitudes » Posture
Ezekiel 4:7 (show verse)
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 4:8 (show verse)
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Ezekiel 4:9 (show verse)
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
Ezekiel 4:10 (show verse)
And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
Ezekiel 4:11 (show verse)
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
Ezekiel 4:12 (show verse)
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Ezekiel 4:13 (show verse)
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Ezekiel 4:14 (show verse)
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Ezekiel 4:15 (show verse)
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Ezekiel 4:16 (show verse)
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
Bread » Staff of life
Bread » In times of scarcity, sold by weight
Bread » Called the staff of life
overmuch Care » Sent as a punishment to the wicked
Famine » Threatened as the result of sin
Famine » Provisions sold by weight during
Instruction » Eating bread mixed with dung
Measures » Illustrative » (drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
Symbols and similitudes » Ceremonially unclean food
Weights » Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
Bread » In times of scarcity, sold by weight
Bread » Called the staff of life
overmuch Care » Sent as a punishment to the wicked
Famine » Threatened as the result of sin
Famine » Provisions sold by weight during
Instruction » Eating bread mixed with dung
Measures » Illustrative » (drinking water, by measure) of severe famine
Symbols and similitudes » Ceremonially unclean food
Weights » Provisions were sold by, in times of scarcity
Ezekiel 4:17 (show verse)
That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.