Introduction
Overview
Ezekiel 4 . 1 , Under the type of a siege is shewn the time from the defection of Jeroboam to the captivity; Ezekiel 4 . 9 , By the provision of the siege , is shewn the hardness of the famine.
take . Ezekiel 5 . 1-17 , Ezekiel 12 . 3-16 , 1 Samuel 15 . 27 , 1 Samuel 15 . 28 , 1 Kings 11 . 30 , 1 Kings 11 . 31 , Isaiah 20 . 2-4 , Jeremiah 13 . 1-14 , Jeremiah 18 . 2-12 , Jeremiah 19 . 1-15 , Jeremiah 25 . 15-38 , Jeremiah 27 . 2-22 , Hosea 1 . 2-9 , Hosea 3 . 1-5 , Hosea 12 . 10
a tile . לבנה [Strong's H3843] , levainah generally denotes a brick , and Palladius informs us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were "two feet long , one foot broad , and four inches thick;" and on such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. Perhaps , however , it may here denote a flat tile , like a Roman brick , which were commonly used for tablets , as we learn from Pliny , Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 57.
even . Jeremiah 6 . 6 , Jeremiah 32 . 31 , Amos 3 . 2
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 28 . 52 . General 2 Kings 13 . 18 . Smite 2 Kings 25 . 1 . pitched Jeremiah 43 . 9 . great Jeremiah 52 . 4 . pitched Ezekiel 2 . 1 . Son Ezekiel 3 . 24 . Go Ezekiel 5 . 2 . the city Ezekiel 5 . 5 . This Ezekiel 21 . 19 . General
lay . Jeremiah 39 . 1 , Jeremiah 39 . 2 , Jeremiah 52 . 4 , Luke 19 . 42-44
battering rams . or , chief leaders , Ezekiel 21 . 22
Reciprocal . Jeremiah 33 . 4 . thrown Ezekiel 17 . 17 . by
an iron pan . or , a flat plate , or slice , Leviticus 2 . 5
This . Ezekiel 12 . 6 , Ezekiel 12 . 11 , Ezekiel 24 . 24-27 , Isaiah 8 . 18 , Isaiah 20 . 3 , Luke 2 . 34 , Hebrews 2 . 4
Reciprocal . 1 Kings 20 . 35 . Smite me Ezekiel 4 . 7 . set Ezekiel 13 . 17 . set thy Ezekiel 21 . 2 . set Daniel 11 . 17 . set
upon . Ezekiel 4 . 5 , Ezekiel 4 . 8
and lay . 2 Kings 17 . 21-23
thou shalt bear . Leviticus 10 . 17 , Leviticus 16 . 22 , Numbers 14 . 34 , Numbers 18 . 1 , Isaiah 53 . 11 , Isaiah 53 . 12 , Matthew 8 . 17 , Hebrews 9 . 28 , 1 Peter 2 . 24
Reciprocal . Exodus 28 . 38 . bear the iniquity Ezekiel 18 . 20 . bear
I have . Isaiah 53 . 6
three . This number of years will take us back from the year in which Judea was finally desolated by Nebuzar-adan , bc 584 , to the establishment of idolatry in Israel by Jeroboam , bc 975. "Beginning from 1 Kings 12 . 33. Ending Jeremiah 52 . 30.
Reciprocal . Isaiah 20 . 2 . Go Isaiah 20 . 3 . three Ezekiel 4 . 4 . upon Ezekiel 4 . 9 . three
forty days . This represented the forty years during which gross idolatry prevailed in Judah , from the reformation of Josiah , bc 624 , to the same final desolation of the land. Some think that the period of 390 days also predicts the duration of the siege of the Babylonians . Ezekiel 4 . 9 , deducting from it five months and twenty-nine days , when the besiegers went to meet the Egyptians . 2 Kings 25 . 1-4 , Jeremiah 37 . 5 , and that forty days may have been employed in desolating the temple and city. "Beginning from 2 Kings 23 . 3 , 2 Kings 23 . 23. Ending Jeremiah 52 . 30."
each day for a year . Heb. a day for a year , a day for a year , Numbers 14 . 34 , Daniel 9 . 24-26 , Daniel 12 . 11 , Daniel 12 . 12 , Revelation 9 . 15 , Revelation 11 . 2 , Revelation 11 . 3 , Revelation 12 . 14 , Revelation 13 . 5
Reciprocal . Isaiah 20 . 3 . three
set . Ezekiel 4 . 3 , Ezekiel 6 . 2
and thine . Isaiah 52 . 10
Reciprocal . Ezekiel 20 . 46 . set Ezekiel 21 . 2 . set Daniel 11 . 17 . set
I will . Ezekiel 3 . 25
from one side to another . Heb. from thy side to thy side
Reciprocal . Ezekiel 4 . 4 . upon
wheat . Ezekiel 4 . 13 , Ezekiel 4 . 16
millet . Dochan in Arabic , dokhn the holcus dochna of Forskal , is a kind of millet , of considerable use as a food; the cultivation of which is described by Browne.
fitches . or , spelt , Kussemim is doubtless זוב , or spelt , as Aquila and Symmachus render here; and so LXX and Theodotion , ןכץסב. In times of scarcity it is customary to mix several kinds of coarser grains with the finer , to make it last the longer.
three . Ezekiel 4 . 5
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 25 . 3 . the famine Isaiah 28 . 25 . in the principal Jeremiah 52 . 6 . the famine Lamentations 5 . 4 . have Ezekiel 4 . 6 . forty days
Ezekiel 4 . 16 , Ezekiel 14 . 13 , Leviticus 26 . 26 , Deuteronomy 28 . 51-68 , Isaiah 3 . 1
Reciprocal . Revelation 6 . 5 . had
shalt drink . Ezekiel 4 . 16 , Isaiah 5 . 13 , John 3 . 34
Reciprocal . Exodus 29 . 40 . hin Leviticus 23 . 13 . the fourth
cakes . a "round" thing , Genesis 18 . 6
Reciprocal . Ezekiel 21 . 6 . before
Daniel 1 . 8 , Hosea 9 . 3 , Hosea 9 . 4
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 6 . 25 . an ass's head 2 Kings 18 . 27 . eat Isaiah 30 . 20 . the bread Ezekiel 4 . 9 . wheat Amos 7 . 17 . die
Ah . Ezekiel 9 . 8 , Ezekiel 20 . 49 , Jeremiah 1 . 6
my soul . Acts 10 . 14
have I . Exodus 22 . 31 , Leviticus 11 . 39 , Leviticus 11 . 40 , Leviticus 17 . 15
abominable . Leviticus 19 . 7 , Deuteronomy 14 . 3 , Isaiah 65 . 4 , Isaiah 66 . 17
Reciprocal . Exodus 22 . 13 . torn in pieces Leviticus 7 . 21 . abominable Leviticus 7 . 24 . beast Leviticus 11 . 2 . General Deuteronomy 14 . 21 . any thing Job 6 . 7 . as my sorrowful meat Daniel 1 . 8 . defile Malachi 1 . 13 . torn Matthew 14 . 20 . were Acts 15 . 20 . things Colossians 2 . 16 . in meat Hebrews 9 . 10 . in meats
cow's dung . Dried cow-dung is a common fuel in the East , as it is in many parts of England , to the present day; but the prophet was ordered to prepare his bread with human ordure , to shew the extreme degree of wretchedness to which the besieged should be exposed , as they would be obliged literally to use it , from not being able to leave the city to collect other fuel. Ezekiel 4 . 15
Reciprocal . 2 Kings 18 . 27 . eat Lamentations 1 . 11 . seek
I will . Ezekiel 5 . 16 , Ezekiel 14 . 13 , Leviticus 26 . 26 , Psalm 105 . 16 , Isaiah 3 . 1
eat . The prophet was allowed each day only twenty shekels weight , or about ten ounces , of the coarse food he had prepared , and the sixth part of a hin , scarcely a pint and a half , of water; all of which was intended to shew that they should be obliged to eat the meanest and coarsest food , and that by weight , and their water by measure. Ezekiel 4 . 10 , Ezekiel 4 . 11 , Ezekiel 12 . 18 , Ezekiel 12 . 19 , Psalm 60 . 3 , Lamentations 1 . 11 , Lamentations 4 . 9 , Lamentations 4 . 10 , Lamentations 5 . 9
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 28 . 48 . in hunger Job 6 . 7 . as my sorrowful meat Job 21 . 25 . never Psalm 80 . 5 . General Psalm 104 . 15 . bread Ecclesiastes 5 . 17 . he eateth Isaiah 36 . 12 . that they may Ezekiel 4 . 9 . wheat Amos 4 . 8 . but Micah 6 . 14 . eat Haggai 1 . 6 . eat Revelation 6 . 5 . had
and consume . Ezekiel 24 . 23 , Leviticus 26 . 39
Reciprocal . Deuteronomy 28 . 28 . General Deuteronomy 28 . 48 . in hunger Job 21 . 25 . never Psalm 80 . 5 . General Ecclesiastes 5 . 17 . he eateth Isaiah 3 . 1 . the stay Lamentations 5 . 9 . General Ezekiel 12 . 18 . General Micah 6 . 14 . eat Haggai 1 . 6 . eat