Ezekiel 4:1 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: ”

Ezekiel 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A tile - Rather, a brick. Sun-dried or kiln-burned bricks were from very early times used for building walls throughout the plain of Mesopotamia. The bricks of Nineveh and Babylon are sometimes s...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4, 5. Four Symbols, Prophetic of the Coming Doom of Jerusalem. Ezekiel 4:1-3 . (A) The Siege of Jerusalem But if Ezekiel may not speak, he is a prophet still, preaching, if not by the...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Here God begins to speak more openly by means of his servant, and not to speak only, but to signify by an outward symbol what he wishes to be uttered by his mouth. Hence he orders the Prophet...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: Take thee a tile - A tile, such as we use in covering houses, will give us but a very...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Take thee a tile— A slate. See Jeremiah 1:11 ; Jeremiah 13:4 . Maimonides, not attending to the primitive mode of information made use of by Ezekiel here, by Jeremiah in the passages referred t...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: Take thee a tile - a sun-dried brick, such as are found in Babylon, covered wit...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

A sharp knife.. a barber's razor] RV 'a sharp sword, as a barber's razor.' For thereof ] RY 'therefrom.' The clause thus introduced is obscure. The meaning seems to be that the punishment of Jer...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

IV. (1) he incident connected with Zacchæus ( Luke 19:1-10 ) indicates either that he had been on the spot as an inquirer, or had sought for local sources of information. The assumption that he r...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

THE END FORETOLD Ezekiel 4:1-17 - Ezekiel 7:1-27 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 abo...
Ezekiel 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 t...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

CONTENTS In this Chapter the Prophet is engaged to instruct the people; and which he doth under the similitude of a siege, to show the state of their captivity.
Ezekiel 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile ,.... Or "brick" z. The Targum renders it, a "stone"; but a tile or brick, especially one that is not dried and burned, but green, is more fit to cut in it th...
Ezekiel 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem: Ver. 1. Thou also, son of man. ] Hitherto we have had the preface: followeth now t...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Take a tile, &c., and lay it before thee The prophets often foreshowed impending judgments by significant emblems, which usually strike more powerfully than words. So Jeremiah was commanded to...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Representation of a Siege. B. C. 595. 1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

EZEKIEL CHAPTER 4 The prophet is directed to represent a mock siege of Jerusalem for a sign to the Jews, Ezekiel 4:1-3 ; and to lie before it in one posture for a set number of days, in order to...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“You also, son of man, you take a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem, and lay siege against it, and build forts against it. Set camps also against it, and plant bat...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 exp...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

take The symbolic actions during the prophet's dumbness were testimonies to the past wickedness and chastisement of the house of Israel (the whole nation), and prophetic of a coming siege. The...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 constructi...
Ezekiel 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 pro...
Ezekiel 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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 a...
Ezekiel 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, very likely a Babylonian brick, a foot square and about five inches thick, and lay it before thee, while the clay was still soft, and portray upon it the c...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Kings 11:30 ; 1 Kings 11:31 ; 1 Samuel 15:27 ; 1 Samuel 15:28 ; Amos 3:2 ; Ezekiel 12:3-16 ; Ezekiel 5:1-17 ; Hosea 1:2-9 ; Hosea 12:10 ; Hosea 3:1-5 ; Isaiah 20:2-4 ; Jeremiah 13:1-14...
Ezekiel 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Portray — Draw a map of Jerusalem.

Ezekiel 4:1 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 4:1 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 4:1 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 4:1 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 4:1 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:1 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 4:1 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:1 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 4:1 - Scofield Reference Notes

Ezekiel 4:1 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:1 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 4:1 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 4:1 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 4:1 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 4:1 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes