Ezekiel 4 Study Notes
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4:9 The food products mentioned in this verse, all native to Mesopotamia, constitute a siege diet. According to an experiment recorded in Jewish tradition, no one would touch Ezekiel’s bread, not even a dog.
4:10-13 Because Ezekiel was aware of the laws regarding the removal of human excrement, he reacted with disgust (Dt 23:11-13). Land outside of Israel was considered unclean (Jos 22:19; Am 7:17).
4:14-15 Eating flesh that had been mauled by wild beasts disqualified a priest from priestly service (44:31; Lv 22:8). Impure meat was sacrificial meat that had not been eaten by the third day after the animal was slaughtered (Lv 7:18; 19:7).
4:16 The expression supply of bread indicates the destruction of the whole food supply (Lv 26:26; Is 3:1).
4:17 To be defeated or devastated in war was to experience a covenant curse (Lv 26:17,37; Dt 28:25,49,52; 32:23-24,30,42).