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Ezekiel 4:1-4

Ominous Object Lessons

4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick¹ and set it in front of you. Inscribe² a city on it – Jerusalem. 4:2 Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp³ against it! Post soldiers outside it⁴ and station battering rams around it. 4:3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan⁵ and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign⁶ for the house of Israel.

4:4 “Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity⁷ of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.

¹sn Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13 1/2 inches wide.

²tn Or perhaps “draw.”

³tn Or “a barricade.”

⁴tn Heb “set camps against it.”

⁵tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.

⁶tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.

⁷tn Or “punishment” (also in vv. 5, 6).

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