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THEREFORE THOU SHALT SET THY FACE - Or, “And etc.” i. e., direct
thy mind to that subject.
THINE ARM SHALL BE UNCOVERED - A sign of the execution of vengeance
Isaiah 52:10....
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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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(B) THE EXILE: ITS DURATION. The next action is more curious. Ezekiel
is represented as lying upon his side for 190 days (as LXX correctly
reads in Ezekiel 4:5) to symbolise the years of punishment in...
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THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. This is thepoint which determines the
interpretation, as do Ezekiel 4:1....
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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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AND THINE ARM SHALL BE UNCOVERED— _Shall be extended._ Houbigant.
The habits of the ancients were so contrived, that the right hand was
disengaged from the upper garment, that they might be more ready...
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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...
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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
THINE ARM SHALL BE UNCOVERED - to be ready for action, which...
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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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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 of...
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SET THY FACE is a common Scriptural expression for any steadfast
purpose. (See Leviticus 17:10; Leviticus 20:3; Leviticus 20:5;
Leviticus 26:17; 2 Chronicles 20:3, marg., &c.) It is a particularly
fav...
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וְ אֶל ־מְצֹ֤ור יְרוּשָׁלִַ֨ם֙
תָּכִ֣ין פָּנֶ֔יךָ וּֽ זְרֹעֲךָ֖
חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה וְ נִבֵּאתָ֖ עָלֶֽיהָ׃...
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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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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thy (d) arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
(d) In token of a speedy vengeance....
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_Siege, which shall be most terrible; (Haydock) 390 days: the pillage
shall last other forty. (Tirinus) --- So many years have the people
transgressed. --- Out. Hebrew, "naked." Thus various barbarian...
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I cannot but think somewhat more than Ezekiel, as a servant, and the
captivity of the people in Babylon, was intended by this type. At
least it is hardly possible to overlook Christ, the one and only...
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It is added, _and towards the siege of Jerusalem thou shalt set or
establish thy face _Either meaning may be received; either directing
and ordering, or establishing and strengthening; although the wo...
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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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THEREFORE THOU SHALT SET THY FACE TOWARD THE SIEGE AT JERUSALEM,....
All the while he was lying either on the left side or the right, his
face was to be directed to the siege of Jerusalem, portrayed u...
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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ver. 7. _Set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem._] Steel t...
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_Thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem_ Thou shalt
look toward Jerusalem, or toward the portraiture of it upon the tile,
with a threatening countenance, as men do toward the city which...
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THE SYMBOL OF THE SIEGE...
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1-8 The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He
was to lie on his left side for a number of days, supposed to be equal
to the years from the establishment of idolatry. All that th...
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THEREFORE, Heb. _And_, while thou liest on thy side, thou shalt fix
thy countenance on the portrait of besieged Jerusalem, with angry and
menacing looks. JERUSALEM; not which was in the land of Judah,...
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Ezekiel 4:7 set H3559 (H8686) face H6440 siege H4692 Jerusalem H3389
arm H2220 uncovered H2834 (H8803) prophesy H5012 (H8738)
set - Ezekiel 4:3, Ezekiel 6:2
and thine - Isaiah 52:10...
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“And you shall set your face towards the siege of Jerusalem, with
your arm uncovered, and you will prophesy against it, and behold I lay
bands on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to...
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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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_Take thee a tile._
THE MINISTRY OF SYMBOLISM
In this chapter there begins a series of symbols utterly impossible of
modern interpretation. This ministry of symbolism has still a place in
all progres...
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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 appears to be chronological, there is al...
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3. FIRST INSTRUCTIONS BY SIGNS AND THEIR INTERPRETATION
(Chaps. Ezekiel 4:1 to Ezekiel 5:17).
EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel is ordered to carry out certain specified
processes. Their purport is expressed...
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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 are...
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Ezekiel 4:3; Ezekiel 6:2; Isaiah 52:10...
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Set — While thou liest on thy side thou shalt fix thy countenance on
the portrait of besieged Jerusalem. Uncovered — Naked and stretched
out as being ready to strike....