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Verse Ezekiel 4:9. _TAKE THOU ALSO UNTO THEE WHEAT_] In times of
_scarcity_, it is customary in all countries to mix several kinds of
coarser grain with the finer, to make it last the longer. This
_ma...
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Two things are prefigured in the remainder of this chapter,
(1) the hardships of exile,
(2) the straitness of a siege.
To the people of Israel, separated from the rest of the nations as
holy, it was...
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Ezekiel 4:1. The word tile means “brick.” They were used by the
Babylonians to preserve their records, and many have been found marked
with building plans, etc. The sign of the tile foretells the sieg...
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(C) THE HARDSHIPS OF THE EXILES AND THE BESIEGED. The horrors of
famine, consequent upon the siege, are suggested by the symbolical
action of this section, in which the prophet's food and drink are to...
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FTCHES, in English, is another spelling of vetches, is plant having
tendrils. But the Hebrew. _kaseemeth is_ defined as trlticum _spetla,_
or spelled,. kind of eon), always distinguished from wheat, b...
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_and fitches_ So Vulg. _viciam_, vetches. Others _spelt_, as marg. and
R.V. Bread was usually made of wheat, the addition of the other
coarser materials and their mixture indicate the straits to which...
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Second Section. Ch. Ezekiel 3:22 to Ezekiel 7:27
The second section of the Book contains these parts:
(1) Ch. Ezekiel 3:22-27. A preface in which the prophet is commanded
to confine himself to his o...
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Symbol of scarcity during the siege and pollution in the dispersion
from having to eat unclean things among the Gentiles
The passage continues Ezekiel 4:8. The prophet is commanded (while
lying immov...
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TAKE—WHEAT, &C.— In time of scarcity, it is usual to mix a great
deal of the coarse kinds of grain with a little of the better sort, to
make the provisions last the longer. Ezekiel was commanded to do...
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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 fo...
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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 sh...
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§ 2. THE OVERTHROW OF THE JEWISH KINGDOM FORETOLD (EZEKIEL 4-7)
The great theme of the first part of Ezekiel's prophetic ministry was
the certainty of the complete downfall of the Jewish state. Though...
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WHEAT, etc.] a mixture of all sorts of grain, fine and coarse,
symbolising the poor fare which would be used in Jerusalem during the
siege....
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EZEKIEL: ‘THEY SHALL KNOW THAT I AM GOD’
THE *SIN OF JUDAH AND THE JUDGEMENT OF GOD
EZEKIEL CHAPTER S 1 TO 24
_IAN MACKERVOY_
CHAPTER 4
THE BRICK AND THE IRON PLATE – EZEKIEL 4:1-8
V1 ‘*Son
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TAKE THOU ALSO UNTO THEE WHEAT. — The grains enumerated are of all
kinds from the best to the worst, indicating that every sort of food
would be sought after in the straitness of the siege. If the mix...
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וְ אַתָּ֣ה קַח ־לְךָ֡ חִטִּ֡ין וּ֠
שְׂעֹרִים
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THE END FORETOLD
Ezekiel 4:1 - Ezekiel 7:1
WITH the fourth chapter we enter on the exposition of the first great
division of Ezekiel's prophecies. The chaps, 4-24, cover a period of
about four and a...
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The second division of the Book contains the messages of the prophet
concerning the reprobation of the chosen nation. These fall into three
parts. In the first, by symbolism and speech he described th...
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Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and
millet, (f) and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread
of them, [according] to the number of the days that thou s...
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The Reader will have a better idea of the coarse and scanty fare of
the Prophet, if he understands, that this mixed grain not only made
the whole unpleasant, but the allowance was scarcely enough, (an...
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It is by no means doubtful, that this verse applies to the siege,
because God signifies that the city would then suffer famine, but a
little afterwards he adds another vision, from which we gather, th...
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Besides the general judgment that God pronounced upon the condition of
Israel, Jerusalem-on whom lay all the iniquity of the people now come
to its height-appears before God whom she had despised. The...
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TAKE THOU ALSO UNTO THEE WHEAT, AND BARLEY, AND BEANS, AND LENTILES,
AND MILLET, AND FITCHES,.... The first of these was commonly used to
make bread of; in case of want and poverty, barley was used; b...
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_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...
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_Take thou also wheat and barley_, &c. In times of scarcity it is
usual for people to mix a great deal of the coarse kinds of grain with
a little of the better sort, to make their provisions last the...
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THE SYMBOLS OF THE FAMINE...
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Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, these grains usually being
eaten in the form of roasted kernels, AND BEANS, AND LENTILS, AND
MILLET, AND FITCHES, or spelt, AND PUT THEM IN ONE VESSEL, as
s...
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FITCHES:
Or, spelt...
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9-17 The bread which was Ezekiel's support, was to be made of coarse
grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent
scarcity, and of this he was only to take a small quantity....
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Provide thee corn enough; for a grievous famine will accompany the
siege. And whereas all sorts of grain are to be provided, it assures
us all would be little enough; wheat and barley would not outlas...
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JERUSALEM WILL BE RIDDLED WITH FAMINE AND ITS INHABITANTS WILL DWELL
AMONG THE NATIONS IN UNCLEANNESS.
“Also take to yourself wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils,
and millet, and spelt, and put...
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CONTENTS: The sign of the tile. Typical representations.
CHARACTERS: God, Ezekiel.
CONCLUSION: If men will not serve God with cheerfulness in the
abundance of all things, God will make them serve th...
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Ezekiel 4:1. _Son of man, take thee a tile._ It is probable that the
prophet took a sheet of plastic clay proper for his purpose; for the
Hebrew root בנה _banah,_ is generally applied to construction...
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_Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread._
CONFORMITY OF PUNISHMENT TO SIN
They had sinned in excess, and God would take away their plenty. Hosea
13:6, “According to their past...
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EZEKIEL—NOTE ON EZEKIEL 4:1 Judgment on Jerusalem and Judah. The
oracles of chs. Ezekiel 4:1 come before Jerusalem’s downfall in 587
B.C. Although the sequence
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_Scanty means of subsistence symbolising punishment_ (chap. Ezekiel
4:9)
EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 4:9. The several sorts of vegetable
food—the richest and the poorest in nutritive elements—being
pla...
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EXPOSITION
Prior to any detailed examination of the strange series of acts
recorded in this and the following chapter, we are met with the
question whether they were indeed visible and outward acts,...
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CHAPTER 4.
THE VISION OF THE SIEGE AND THE INIQUITY-BEARING.
Ezekiel 4:1. _And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and set it
before thee, and engrave on it the city Jerusalem._
Ezekiel 4:2. _And l...
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Now thou also, Son of man, take a tile (Ezekiel 4:1),
Now this is a brick, and it's about twelve inches by fourteen inches.
The archeologists have uncovered thousands of these bricks there in
the area...
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Ezekiel 4:13; Ezekiel 4:16; Ezekiel 4:5...
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Take — Provide thee corn enough: for a grievous famine will
accompany the siege. Wheat — All sorts of grain are to be provided,
and all will be little enough. One vessel — Mix the worst with the
best...