Ezekiel 4:2

"“You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem."

Key Reflection

In Ezekiel 4:2, God instructs the prophet to create a symbolic representation of Jerusalem using a tile, symbolizing the divine commission to bear witness to the city's fate. This act compels Ezekiel to confront the destruction looming over Jerusalem and to faithfully fulfill his prophetic role as God’s messenger.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Lay siege against it -The prophet is represented as doing that which he portrays. The leading features of a siege are depicted. See theJeremiah 6:6note. The camp -Encampments. The word denotes various hosts in various positions around the city. Fort -It was customary in sieges to construct towers of vast height, sometimes of 20 stories, which were wheeled up to the walls to enable the besiegers to reach the battlements with their arrows; in the lower part of such a tower there was commonly a battering-ram. These towers are frequently represented in the Assyrian monuments. Battering rams -Better than the translation in the margin.

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