Ezekiel 4:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. ”

Ezekiel 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's (m) dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them. (m) To be as fire to bake your bread with.
Ezekiel 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Lo . Figure of speech Aster's. App-6. given . Same word as "appointed", Ezekiel 4:6 . therewith : or., thereupon. Compare Ezekiel 4:12 .
Ezekiel 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
Ezekiel 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung - a mitigation of the former ord...
Ezekiel 4:15 - 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 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Cow’s dung. — In the scarcity of fuel in the East, cow’s dung and especially camel’s dung, is dried, and becomes the common fuel.
Ezekiel 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Then he said to me ,.... The Lord hearkened to the prophet's prayer and argument, and makes some abatement and alteration in the charge he gave him: lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung...
Ezekiel 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith. Ver. 15. Lo, I have given thee cow's dung.] This was some mitigation. Something Go...
Ezekiel 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then said I, Ah, Lord God , &c. He deprecates this, and entreats it may not be enjoined him. Behold, my soul hath not been polluted I have always carefully observed the distinction between mea...
Ezekiel 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Representation of a Famine. B. C. 595. 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barle...
Ezekiel 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

So soon as he prayed God answered, and condescends to Ezekiel that he should use what was less abominable than man's dung; but it was not granted to the Jews, who in the siege at Jerusalem did much w...
Ezekiel 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘Then he said, “I have given you cow's dung for man's excrement, and you shall prepare bread on it.” God allowed him to use cow dung instead of man's excrement. Cow dung was a recognised fuel used b...
Ezekiel 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - 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 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Symbols of the Famine
Ezekiel 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 4:15

Ezekiel 4:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 4:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 4:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 4:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 4:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 4:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 4:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:15 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 4:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 4:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 4:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge