Ezekiel 4:15
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...
(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...
Lo . Figure of speech Aster's. App-6. given . Same word as "appointed", Ezekiel 4:6 . therewith : or., thereupon. Compare Ezekiel 4:12 .
Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
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 du...
§ 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 certaint...
A partial mitigation of the symbol for the prophet's sake. The dung of domestic animals was often used as fuel, and does not seem to have defiled the...
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.
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...
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 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 unp...
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:...
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 c...
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 alw...
The Representation of a Famine. B. C. 595....
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...
‘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'...
Scanty means of subsistence symbolising punishment (chap. Ezekiel 4:9-17 ) EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Ezekiel 4:9 . The several sorts of vegetable food—...
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 ro...
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 a...
EXPOSITION Prior to any detailed examination of the strange series of acts recorded in this and the following chapter, we are met with the quest...
The Symbols of the Famine
Then He said unto me, in yielding the point for the sake of the prophet's scruples, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, a fuel still u...
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.