Ezekiel 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. ”

Ezekiel 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I will lay bands upon thee - Contrast margin reference. The Lord will put constraint upon him, to cause him to exercise his office. In the retirement of his house, figuratively bound and under co...
Ezekiel 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

And, behold, I will lay (e) cords upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. (e) The people would so straightly be besieged that th...
Ezekiel 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

behold. Figure of speech Asterisimos App-6.
Ezekiel 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
Ezekiel 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

The days of thy siege— That is, the three hundred and ninety days' siege of Jerusalem, mentioned in the preceding verse. That siege, from the beginning to the ending of it, lasted seventy-seven mon...
Ezekiel 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. I will lay bands upon thee - ( Ezekiel 3:25 ) i:e.,...
Ezekiel 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I will lay bands upon thee. — See on Ezekiel 3:25 . This is a fresh feature of the unrelenting character of the judgment foretold: God’s power should interpose to keep the prophet to his work. Not...
Ezekiel 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And, behold, I will lay hands upon thee ,.... Representing either the besieged, signifying that they should be taken and bound as he was; or rather the besiegers, the Chaldean army, which should be...
Ezekiel 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. Ver. 8. And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee. ] To sh...
Ezekiel 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whoever were the persons that laid bonds on Ezekiel, in Ezekiel 3:25 , here it is plain that the Lord doth it. If the prophet represent the besieged citizens who must be captives in bonds, then it...
Ezekiel 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - 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 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Symbol of the Siege
Ezekiel 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 3:25
Ezekiel 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bands — An invisible restraint assuring him, that those could no more remove from the siege, than he from that side he lay on.

Ezekiel 4:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Ezekiel 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Ezekiel 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Ezekiel 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Ezekiel 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Ezekiel 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Ezekiel 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Ezekiel 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Ezekiel 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Ezekiel 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Ezekiel 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Ezekiel 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes