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Ezequiel 4:1

Listen to Ezequiel 4:1

Cerco Simbólico de Jerusalém

1 “Agora, filho do homem, apanhe um tijolo, coloque-o à sua frente e nele desenhe a cidade de Jerusalém.

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 “Agora, filho do homem, apanhe um tijolo, coloque-o à sua frente e nele desenhe a cidade de Jerusalém.
2 Em seguida, cerque-a e erga obras de cerco contra ela; construa uma rampa, monte acampamentos e ponha aríetes ao redor dela.
3 Depois apanhe uma panela de ferro, coloque-a como muro de ferro entre você e a cidade e ponha-se de frente para ela. Ela estará cercada, e você a sitiará. Isto será um sinal para a nação de Israel.
4 “Deite-se então sobre o seu lado esquerdo e sobre você ponha a iniquidade da nação de Israel. Você terá que carregar a iniquidade dela durante o número de dias em que estiver deitado sobre o lado esquerdo.
5 Determinei que o número de dias seja equivalente ao número de anos da iniquidade dela, ou seja, durante trezentos e noventa dias você carregará a iniquidade da nação de Israel.
Biblia Sagrada, Nova Versão Internacional®, NVI® Copyright © 1993, 2000 by Biblica, Inc.™ Used by permission. All rights reserved worldwide.

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