REVIEW QUESTIONS 1. What was the purpose of the action parables performed by the prophets of old? What would be the modern-day re action to such antics? 2. Identify and describe the various kinds of siege operations to which Ezekiel alludes in this section. 3. What was symbolized by the pan wh... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER FOUR DRAMATIC PARABLES 4:1-5:4 The use of symbolic actions by Old Testament prophets was a tried and true way of gaining an audience and underscoring a point.[138] The great prophets Isaiah and Jeremiah found the symbolic act a useful tool when they could no longer obtain a hearing for the... [ Continue Reading ]
II. PARABLE OF ISRAEL'S SIN 4:4-8 TRANSLATION (4) And as for you, lie upon your left side, and set the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. The number of days in which you lay upon it you shall bear their iniquity. (5) For I have appointed to you the years of their iniquity, according to the n... [ Continue Reading ]
III. THE PARABLE OF JERUSALEM'S FAMINE 4:9-17 TRANSLATION (9) NOW as for You, take to you wheat and barley, and beans and lentils and millet and fitches, and put them in a vessel, and prepare them for food for yourself, according to the number of days in which you are lying upon your side, three hu... [ Continue Reading ]