Ezekiel 4:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. ”

Ezekiel 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In eastern countries where fuel is scarce the want is supplied by dried cow-dung laid up for the winter. Barley cakes were (and are) baked under hot ashes without an oven. The dung here is to be bu...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it (k) with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. (k) Signifying by this the great scarcity of fuel and matter to burn.
Ezekiel 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

(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...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

bake it with . bake it upon. Compare Ezekiel 4:15 . man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14.
Ezekiel 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

This vision properly belongs to the ten tribes, and, for this reason, I have said that God’s vengeance is not to be considered as to the siege of the city alone, but to be extended longer. Afte...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. Thou shalt bake it with dung - Dried ox and cow dung is a common fuel in the east; an...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt bake, &c.— See Lamentations 4:5 and 1 Samuel 2:8 where the applicableness of the account concerning the frequent burning of dung in the East, to the case of Ezekiel, is visible....
Ezekiel 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. Thou shalt bake it with dung - as fuel; so the Arabs use beasts' dung, wood-fue...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

§ 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. Th...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

As barley cakes. — These were commonly cooked in the hot ashes, hence the especial defilement caused by the fuel required to be used. Against this the prophet pleads, not merely as revolting in its...
Ezekiel 4:12 - 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 4:12 - 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 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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, (a...
Ezekiel 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes ,.... That is, the bread made of wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, millet, and fitches, was to be made in the form of barley cakes, and to be baked as they; not...
Ezekiel 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. Ver. 12. And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes. ] Baked on coals made of homely fu...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Representation of a Famine. B. C. 595. 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barle...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As barley cakes: these were delicacies with them when they could temper and make them right, but now these pitiful things should be to these half-starved bodies as delicates, Or rather, because the...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you will bake it in their sight with excrement that comes out of a man.” ‘Barley cakes' indicates the poor man's food. They were, as described earlier, mad...
Ezekiel 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scanty means of subsistence symbolising punishment (chap. Ezekiel 4:9-17 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 4:9 . The several sorts of vegetable food—the richest and the poorest in nutritive elements—...
Ezekiel 4:12 - 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 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

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 thei...
Ezekiel 4:12 - 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 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Symbols of the Famine
Ezekiel 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Genesis 18:6
Ezekiel 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

As barley cakes — Because they never had enough to make a loaf with, they eat them as barley cakes. With dung — There was no wood left, nor yet dung of other creatures. This also was represented in...

Ezekiel 4:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 4:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 4:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 4:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 4:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 4:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 4:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:12 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 4:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 4:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 4:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 4:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes