Ezekiel 4:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. ”

Ezekiel 4:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The ceremonial ordinances in relation to food were intended to keep the nation free from idolatrous usages; everywhere among the pagan idol feasts formed a leading part in their religious services,...
Ezekiel 4:13 - 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 4:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the LORD . Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4. children . sons. Gentiles . nations.
Ezekiel 4:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Ezekiel 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Eat their defiled bread, &c.— The prophet, speaking above of eating and drinking by weight and measure, foretels the famine in Jerusalem; now, in the bread baked with dung is pre-signified the...
Ezekiel 4:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread...
Ezekiel 4:13 - 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 4:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles. — The Mosaic law purposely so hedged the people about with detailed precepts in regard to their food and its preparation, that it was impossible for them...
Ezekiel 4:13 - 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 4:13 - 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 4:13 - 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 4:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And the Lord said, even thus shall the children of Israel ,.... Not the ten tribes only, or those who were among the other two, but all the Jews in captivity: eat the defiled bread among the Genti...
Ezekiel 4:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. Ver. 13. Eat their defiled bread. ] Not able now to observe that...
Ezekiel 4:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Representation of a Famine. B. C. 595. 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barle...
Ezekiel 4:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This verse is a key to the former. Even thus; scanty, mean, ill-dressed, and polluted in the very dressing, loathsome to any but starved bellies. The children of Israel; not only the house of Jud...
Ezekiel 4:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘And Yahweh said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their food unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.” ' The eating of food in this way would not only indicate the coming sieg...
Ezekiel 4:13 - 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 4:13 - 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 4:13 - 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 4:13 - 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 4:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Symbols of the Famine
Ezekiel 4:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Daniel 1:8 ; Hosea 9:3 ; Hosea 9:4

Ezekiel 4:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 4:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 4:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 4:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 4:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 4:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 4:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:13 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 4:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 4:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 4:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge