Ezekiel 4:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. ”

Ezekiel 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 .
Ezekiel 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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.
Ezekiel 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

(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 punishme...
Ezekiel 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the siege of Jerusalem . This is thepoint which determines the interpretation, as do Ezekiel 4:1-3 .
Ezekiel 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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; althoug...
Ezekiel 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
Ezekiel 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 re...
Ezekiel 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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, w...
Ezekiel 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Set thy face is a common Scriptural expression for any steadfast purpose. (See Leviticus 17:10 ; Leviticus 20:3 ; Leviticus 20:5-6 ; Leviticus 26:17 ; 2 Chronicles 20:3 , marg., &c.) It is...
Ezekiel 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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, portraye...
Ezekiel 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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...
Ezekiel 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 whic...
Ezekiel 4:7 - 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 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 J...
Ezekiel 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

“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...
Ezekiel 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - 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 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Symbol of the Siege
Ezekiel 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 4:3 ; Ezekiel 6:2 ; Isaiah 52:10
Ezekiel 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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.

Ezekiel 4:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 4:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 4:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 4:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 4:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 4:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes