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Ezequiel 4:1

Listen to Ezequiel 4:1
1 Y tĂș, hijo de hombre, toma una tableta de barro, ponla delante de ti y graba en ella una ciudad, JerusalĂ©n.

Ezequiel 4:1 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:1

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile
Or "brick" F26. The Targum renders it, a "stone"; but a tile or brick, especially one that is not dried and burned, but green, is more fit to cut in it the figure of a city. Some think that this was ordered because cities are built of brick; or to show the weakness of the city of Jerusalem, how easily it might be demolished; and Jerom thinks there was some design to lead the Jews to reflect upon their making bricks in Egypt, and their hard service there; though perhaps the truer reason may be, because the Babylonians had been used to write upon tiles. Epigenes F1 says they had celestial observations of a long course of years, written on tiles; hence the prophet is bid to describe Jerusalem on one, which was to be destroyed by the king of Babylon; and lay it before thee:
as persons do, who are about to draw a picture, make a portrait, or engrave the form of anything they intend: and portray upon it the city; [even] Jerusalem;
or engrave upon it, by making incisions on it, and so describing the form and figure of the city of Jerusalem.


FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hnbl) "laterem", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus. Piscator.
F1 Apud Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56.
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Ezequiel 4:1 In-Context

1 Y tĂș, hijo de hombre, toma una tableta de barro, ponla delante de ti y graba en ella una ciudad, JerusalĂ©n.
2 Y pon sitio contra ella: edifica un muro de asedio contra ella, echa un terraplén contra ella, pon campamentos delante de ella, y coloca contra ella arietes alrededor.
3 Entonces toma una sartĂ©n de hierro y colĂłcala como un muro de hierro entre ti y la ciudad, dirige tu rostro hacia ella y quedarĂĄ bajo sitio: tĂș la sitiarĂĄs. Esta es una señal para la casa de Israel.
4 Y tĂș acuĂ©state sobre el lado izquierdo, y pon sobre Ă©l la iniquidad de la casa de Israel; por el nĂșmero de dĂ­as que estĂ©s acostado sobre Ă©l, llevarĂĄs su iniquidad.
5 Porque yo te he asignado un nĂșmero de dĂ­as igual a los años de su iniquidad, trescientos noventa dĂ­as; tĂș cargarĂĄs, pues, con la iniquidad de la casa de Israel.
Scripture taken from La Biblia de las AméricasŸ (LBLAŸ), Copyright © 1986, 1995, 1997 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. https://www.LBLA.com

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