Ezequiel 4:1

Anuncio del sitio a Jerusalén

1 »Hijo de hombre, toma ahora un ladrillo, ponlo delante de ti y dibuja en él la ciudad de Jerusalén.

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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F26 (hnbl) "laterem", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Polanus. Piscator.
F1 Apud Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56.

Ezequiel 4:1 In-Context

1 »Hijo de hombre, toma ahora un ladrillo, ponlo delante de ti y dibuja en él la ciudad de Jerusalén.

2 Acampa a su alrededor y ponle sitio; levanta torres de asalto contra ella y construye una rampa que llegue hasta la ciudad; instala máquinas para derribar sus murallas.

3 Toma una plancha de hierro y colócala como un muro entre ti y la ciudad, y fija tu mirada contra ella. De esa manera quedará sitiada: tú mismo la sitiarás. Eso les servirá de señal a los israelitas.

4 »Acuéstate sobre tu lado izquierdo, y echa sobre ti la culpa de los israelitas. Todo el tiempo que estés acostado sobre ese lado, cargarás con sus culpas.

5 Yo te he puesto un plazo de trescientos noventa días, es decir, un lapso de tiempo equivalente a los años de la culpa de Israel.