SON OF MAN. See note on Ezekiel 2:1. TILE: OR, BRICK. A Babylonian brick, as used for inscription, was about 14 inches by 12. LAY. give, or take, as in verses: Ezekiel 4:1; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 4:5; Ezekiel 4:8. not Ezekiel 4:4. Hebrew. _nathan,_ rendered "appointed" in Ezekiel 4:6. POURTRAY. gra... [ Continue Reading ]
FORT. a siege tower, or bulwark. MOUNT. embankment.... [ Continue Reading ]
PAN. a flat plate, as used for baking. SET THY FACE. Ref to Pentateuch (Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 20:5; Leviticus 20:6; Leviticus 26:17). App-92. Compare Jeremiah 21:10; Jeremiah 44:11. THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL. See note on Exodus 16:31. To [ Continue Reading ]
LAY. set, or place. Hebrew sum. See note on Ezekiel 4:1. ACCORDING TO THE NUMBER, &c. Reference to Pentateuch, (Numbers 14:34). This is no evidence that in prophetic scriptures there is. "year. day "theory. These exceptions prove the opposite rule. In all of them "day" means "day", and "year" means... [ Continue Reading ]
THREE HUNDRED AND NINETY DAYS. These were to be literal "days" to Ezekiel, and were to represent 390 literal "years". The date of the command is not material to the understanding of this prophecy. The meaning of the expression "bear their iniquity" (see note on Ezekiel 4:4) determines the interpreta... [ Continue Reading ]
AGAIN. a second time, showing that they are not necessarily consecutive or continuous, but are conterminous, though not commencing at the same time. FORTY DAYS. See note on Ezekiel 4:4. _ _ _ A_ PPOINTED. given. Some word as "lay", verses: Ezekiel 4:1; Ezekiel 4:2; Ezekiel 4:5; Ezekiel 4:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. This is thepoint which determines the interpretation, as do Ezekiel 4:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterisimos_ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
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, barley, &c. Compare EX. Eze 9:32.Isaiah 28:25. Here, in plural.... [ Continue Reading ]
SHEKELS. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
HIN. See App-51.... [ Continue Reading ]
BAKE IT WITH. bake it upon. Compare Ezekiel 4:15. man. Hebrew. _'adam._ App-14.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. CHILDREN. sons. GENTILES. nations.... [ Continue Reading ]
LORD GOD. Hebrew. _Adonai Jehovah_. See App-4. SOUL. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. THAT WHICH DIETH OF ITSELF. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:31.Leviticus 11:39; Leviticus 11:40; Leviticus 17:5). App-92. ABOMINABLE FLESH. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 7:18; Leviticus 19:7). Elsewhere, only... [ Continue Reading ]
LO. Figure of speech _Aster's._ App-6. GIVEN. Same word as "appointed", Ezekiel 4:6. THEREWITH: or., thereupon. Compare Ezekiel 4:12.... [ Continue Reading ]
I WILL BREAK. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:26). Occurr ing again in Ezekiel 5:16; Ezekiel 14:13. but nowhere else in O.T.... [ Continue Reading ]
CONSUME AWAY, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:39). Compare Ezekiel 24:23. Eze 24:33. to ("pine away "). App-92.... [ Continue Reading ]