Ezequiel 4:7

7 Entonces dirigirás tu rostro y tu brazo desnudo hacia el sitio de Jerusalén, y profetizarás contra ella.

Ezequiel 4:7 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:7

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, portrayed upon the tile, and to all the preparations made for that purpose, to show that all had reference to that and that it wound certainly be; for, as the prophet represented the Chaldean army the directing and setting his face to the siege shows their resolution and inflexibleness, that they were determined upon taking the city, and nothing should divert them from it: and thine arm [shall be] uncovered;
which was usual in fighting in those times and countries; for, wearing long garments, they were obliged to turn them up on the arm, or lay them aside, that they might more expeditiously handle their weapons, and engage with the enemy: in this form the soldiers in Trajan's column are figured fighting; and it is related that the Africans used to fight with their arms uncovered {h}; thus Scanderbeg in later times used to fight the Turks. The design of the phrase is to show how ready, diligent, and expeditious, the Chaldeans would be in carrying on the siege. The Targum renders it,

``thou shalt strengthen thine arm;''

and so do the Septuagint, Syriac, and Arabic versions: and thou shall prophesy against it:
meaning not so much by words, if at all, but by these actions, gestures, and habit; for they all foretold what would certainly come to pass.

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FOOTNOTES:

F8 Vid. Lydium de Re Militari, l. 4. c. 3. p. 160.

Ezequiel 4:7 In-Context

5 Porque yo te he asignado un número de días igual a los años de su iniquidad, trescientos noventa días; tú cargarás, pues, con la iniquidad de la casa de Israel.

6 Cuando los hayas cumplido, te acostarás por segunda vez, pero sobre el lado derecho, y llevarás la iniquidad de la casa de Judá; te la he asignado por cuarenta días, un día por cada año.

7 Entonces dirigirás tu rostro y tu brazo desnudo hacia el sitio de Jerusalén, y profetizarás contra ella.

8 He aquí, te ataré con cuerdas para que no puedas volverte de un lado a otro, hasta que hayas cumplido los días de tu sitio.

9 Y tú toma trigo, cebada, habas, lentejas, millo y centeno; ponlos en una vasija y hazte con ellos pan; conforme al número de días que estés acostado sobre tu lado, trescientos noventa días, lo comerás.