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Ezekiel prophesied c. 593-571 BC among the exiles in Babylon. His visions of God's throne-chariot (merkavah), the valley of dry bones, and the eschatological Temple make him the most visually arresting of the major prophets.
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- Primary Witness Text: Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about. Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity. For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year. Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege. Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of...
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Ezekiel prophesied c. 593-571 BC among the exiles in Babylon. His visions of God's throne-chariot (merkavah), the valley of dry bones, and the eschatological Temple make him the most visually arresting of the major prophets.
Ezekiel 36:26-27 ("I will give you a new heart") is the OT's clearest anticipation of regeneration — the divine replacement of a heart of stone with one of flesh, and the indwelling Spirit producing covenantal obedience. Jesus references this prophecy when rebuking Nicodemus for not understanding the new birth (John 3:10).
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Ezekiel 4:1
Hebrew
וְאַתָּה בֶן־אָדָם קַח־לְךָ לְבֵנָה וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ לְפָנֶיךָ וְחַקּוֹתָ עָלֶיהָ עִיר אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃ve'atah-ven-'adam-qach-lekha-levenah-venatatah-'votah-lefaneykha-vechaqvota-'aleyha-'iyr-'et-yervshalaim
KJV: Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
AKJV: You also, son of man, take you a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it the city, even Jerusalem:
ASV: Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
YLT: `And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city--Jerusalem,
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:1 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:2
Hebrew
וְנָתַתָּה עָלֶיהָ מָצוֹר וּבָנִיתָ עָלֶיהָ דָּיֵק וְשָׁפַכְתָּ עָלֶיהָ סֹֽלְלָה וְנָתַתָּה עָלֶיהָ מַחֲנוֹת וְשִׂים־עָלֶיהָ כָּרִים סָבִֽיב׃venatatah-'aleyha-matzvor-vvaniyta-'aleyha-dayeq-veshafakheta-'aleyha-solelah-venatatah-'aleyha-machanvot-veshiym-'aleyha-khariym-saviyv
KJV: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
AKJV: And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
ASV: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.
YLT: and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.
Commentary WitnessEzekiel 4:2Quoted commentary witness
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Ezekiel 4:2
Verse 2 Battering rams - כרים carim. This is the earliest account we have of this military engine. It was a long beam with a head of brass, like the head and horns of a ram, whence its name. It was hung by chains or ropes, between two beams, or three legs, so that it could admit of being drawn backward and forward some yards. Several stout men, by means of ropes, pulled it as far back as it could go, and then, suddenly letting it loose, it struck with great force against the wall which it was intended to batter and bring down. This machine was not known in the time of Homer, as in the siege of Troy there is not the slightest mention of such. And the first notice we have of it is here, where we see that it was employed by Nebuchadnezzar in the siege of Jerusalem, A.M. 3416. It was afterwards used by the Carthaginians at the siege of Gades, as Vitruvius notes, lib. 10 c. 19, in which he gives a circumstantial account of the invention, fabrication, use, and improvement of this machine. It was for the want of a machine of this kind, that the ancient sieges lasted so long; they had nothing with which to beat down or undermine the walls.
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Ezekiel 4:2
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- Homer
- Jerusalem
- Gades
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:2 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:3
Hebrew
וְאַתָּה קַח־לְךָ מַחֲבַת בַּרְזֶל וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָהּ קִיר בַּרְזֶל בֵּינְךָ וּבֵין הָעִיר וַהֲכִינֹתָה אֶת־פָּנֶיךָ אֵלֶיהָ וְהָיְתָה בַמָּצוֹר וְצַרְתָּ עָלֶיהָ אוֹת הִיא לְבֵית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ve'atah-qach-lekha-machavat-varezel-venatatah-'votah-qiyr-varezel-veynekha-vveyn-ha'iyr-vahakhiynotah-'et-faneykha-'eleyha-vehayetah-vamatzvor-vetzareta-'aleyha-'vot-hiy'-leveyt-yishera'el
KJV: Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
AKJV: Moreover take you to you an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
ASV: And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
YLT: And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it is to the house of Israel.
Commentary WitnessEzekiel 4:3Quoted commentary witness
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Ezekiel 4:3
Verse 3 Take thou unto thee an iron pan - מחבת machabath, a flat plate or slice, as the margin properly renders it: such as are used in some countries to bake bread on, called a griddle or girdle, being suspended above the fire, and kept in a proper degree of heat for the purpose. A plate like this, stuck perpendicularly in the earth, would show the nature of a wall much better than any pan could do. The Chaldeans threw such a wall round Jerusalem, to prevent the besieged from receiving any succours, and from escaping from the city. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel - This shall be an emblematical representation of what shall actually take place.
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Ezekiel 4:3
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- Jerusalem
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:3 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to th...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:4
Hebrew
וְאַתָּה שְׁכַב עַל־צִדְּךָ הַשְּׂמָאלִי וְשַׂמְתָּ אֶת־עֲוֺן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵל עָלָיו מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁכַּב עָלָיו תִּשָּׂא אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽם׃ve'atah-shekhav-'al-tzidekha-hashema'liy-veshameta-'et-'avn-veyt-yishera'el-'alayv-misefar-hayamiym-'asher-tishekhav-'alayv-tisha'-'et-'avnam
KJV: Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
AKJV: Lie you also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie on it you shall bear their iniquity.
ASV: Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.
YLT: `And thou, lie on thy left side, and thou hast placed the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; the number of the days that thou liest on it, thou bearest their iniquity.
Commentary WitnessEzekiel 4:4Quoted commentary witness
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Ezekiel 4:4
Verse 4 Lie thou also upon thy left side - It appears that all that is mentioned here and in the following verses was done, not in idea, but in fact. The prophet lay down on his left side upon a couch to which he was chained, Eze 4:6, for three hundred and ninety days; and afterwards he lay in the same manner, upon his right side, for forty days. And thus was signified the state of the Jews, and the punishment that was coming upon them. 1. The prophet himself represents the Jews. 2. His lying, their state of depression. 3. His being bound, their helplessness and captivity. 4. The days signify years, a day for a year; during which they were to bear their iniquity, or the temporal punishment due to their sins. 5. The three hundred and ninety days, during which he was to lie on his left side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Israel, point out two things: the first, The duration of the siege of Jerusalem. Secondly, The duration of the captivity off the ten tribes, and that of Judah. 6. The prophet lay three hundred and ninety days upon his left side, and forty days upon his right side, in all four hundred and thirty days. Now Jerusalem was besieged the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah, 2Kgs 25:1, 2Kgs 25:2, and was not taken till the eleventh year of the same prince, 2Kgs 25:2. But properly speaking, the siege did not continue the whole of that time; it was interrupted; for Nebuchadnezzar was obliged to raise it, and go and meet the Egyptians, who were coming to its succor. This consumed a considerable portion of time. After he had defeated the Egyptians, he returned and recommenced the siege, and did not leave it till the city was taken. We may, therefore, conclude that the four hundred and thirty days only comprise the time in which the city was actually besieged, when the city was encompassed with walls of circumvallation, so that the besieged were reduced to a state of the utmost distress. The siege commenced the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah; and it was taken on the ninth day of the fourth month of the eleventh year of the same king. Thus the siege had lasted, in the whole, eighteen months, or five hundred and ten days. Subtract for the time that Nebuchadnezzar was obliged to interrupt the siege, in order to go against the Egyptians, four months and twenty days, or one hundred and forty days, and there will remain four hundred and thirty days, composed of 390+40=430. See Calmet on this place. See also at the end of this chapter, Eze 4:16 (note).
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Ezekiel 4:4
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- Eze 4:6
- 2Kgs 25:1
- 2Kgs 25:2
- Eze 4:16
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- Jews
- Israel
- Jerusalem
- Secondly
- Judah
- Zedekiah
- Egyptians
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:4 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:5
Hebrew
וַאֲנִי נָתַתִּֽי לְךָ אֶת־שְׁנֵי עֲוֺנָם לְמִסְפַּר יָמִים שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם וְנָשָׂאתָ עֲוֺן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃va'aniy-natatiy-lekha-'et-sheney-'avnam-lemisefar-yamiym-shelosh-me'vot-vetishe'iym-yvom-venasha'ta-'avn-veyt-yishera'el
KJV: For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
AKJV: For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
ASV: For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
YLT: And I--I have laid on thee the years of their iniquity, the number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou hast borne the iniquity of the house of Israel.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Ezekiel 4:5Generated editorial synthesis
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Ezekiel 4:5
Ezekiel 4:5 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ezekiel 4:5
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- Ezekiel 4:5
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- Israel
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:5 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:6
Hebrew
וְכִלִּיתָ אֶת־אֵלֶּה וְשָׁכַבְתָּ עַל־צִדְּךָ הימיני הַיְמָנִי שֵׁנִית וְנָשָׂאתָ אֶת־עֲוֺן בֵּית־יְהוּדָה אַרְבָּעִים יוֹם יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה יוֹם לַשָּׁנָה נְתַתִּיו לָֽךְ׃vekhiliyta-'et-'eleh-veshakhaveta-'al-tzidekha-hymyny-hayemaniy-sheniyt-venasha'ta-'et-'avn-veyt-yehvdah-'areva'iym-yvom-yvom-lashanah-yvom-lashanah-netatiyv-lakhe
KJV: And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
AKJV: And when you have accomplished them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year.
ASV: And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.
YLT: And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days--a day for a year--a day for a year I have appointed to thee.
Commentary WitnessEzekiel 4:6Quoted commentary witness
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Ezekiel 4:6
Verse 6 Forty days - Reckon, says Archbishop Newcome, near fifteen years and six months in the reign of Manasseh, two years in that of Amon, three months in that of Jehoahaz, eleven years in that of Jehoiakim, three months and ten days in that of Jehoiachin, and eleven years in that of Zedekiah; and there arises a period of forty years, during which gross idolatry was practiced in the kingdom of Judah. Forty days may have been employed in spoiling and desolating the city and the temple.
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Ezekiel 4:6
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- Reckon
- Archbishop Newcome
- Manasseh
- Amon
- Jehoahaz
- Jehoiakim
- Jehoiachin
- Zedekiah
- Judah
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:6 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:7
Hebrew
וְאֶל־מְצוֹר יְרוּשָׁלִַם תָּכִין פָּנֶיךָ וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ חֲשׂוּפָה וְנִבֵּאתָ עָלֶֽיהָ׃ve'el-metzvor-yervshaliam-takhiyn-faneykha-vzero'akha-chashvfah-venive'ta-'aleyha
KJV: Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
AKJV: Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.
ASV: And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.
YLT: `And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm is uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Ezekiel 4:7Generated editorial synthesis
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Ezekiel 4:7
Ezekiel 4:7 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ezekiel 4:7
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- Ezekiel 4:7
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Jerusalem
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:7 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:8
Hebrew
וְהִנֵּה נָתַתִּי עָלֶיךָ עֲבוֹתִים וְלֹֽא־תֵהָפֵךְ מִֽצִּדְּךָ אֶל־צִדֶּךָ עַד־כַּלּוֹתְךָ יְמֵי מְצוּרֶֽךָ׃vehineh-natatiy-'aleykha-'avvotiym-velo'-tehafekhe-mitzidekha-'el-tzidekha-'ad-khalvotekha-yemey-metzvrekha
KJV: And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
AKJV: And, behold, I will lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to another, till you have ended the days of your siege. ¶
ASV: And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.
YLT: And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.
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Ezekiel 4:8 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Exposition: Ezekiel 4:8 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:9
Hebrew
וְאַתָּה קַח־לְךָ חִטִּין וּשְׂעֹרִים וּפוֹל וַעֲדָשִׁים וְדֹחַן וְכֻסְּמִים וְנָתַתָּה אוֹתָם בִּכְלִי אֶחָד וְעָשִׂיתָ אוֹתָם לְךָ לְלָחֶם מִסְפַּר הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּה ׀ שׁוֹכֵב עַֽל־צִדְּךָ שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאוֹת וְתִשְׁעִים יוֹם תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃ve'atah-qach-lekha-chitiyn-vshe'oriym-vfvol-va'adashiym-vedochan-vekhusemiym-venatatah-'votam-vikheliy-'echad-ve'ashiyta-'votam-lekha-lelachem-misefar-hayamiym-'asher-'atah- -shvokhev-'al-tzidekha-shelosh-me'vot-vetishe'iym-yvom-to'khalenv
KJV: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
AKJV: Take you also to you wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make you bread thereof, according to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days shall you eat thereof.
ASV: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.
YLT: `And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side--three hundred and ninety days--thou dost eat it.
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Verse 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat - In times of scarcity, it is customary in all countries to mix several kinds of coarser grain with the finer, to make it last the longer. This mashlin, which the prophet is commanded to take, of wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, millet, and fitches, was intended to show how scarce the necessaries of life should be during the siege.
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Exposition: Ezekiel 4:9 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy s...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:10
Hebrew
וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ אֲשֶׁר תֹּאכֲלֶנּוּ בְּמִשְׁקוֹל עֶשְׂרִים שֶׁקֶל לַיּוֹם מֵעֵת עַד־עֵת תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃vma'akhalekha-'asher-to'khalenv-vemisheqvol-'esheriym-sheqel-layvom-me'et-'ad-'et-to'khalenv
KJV: And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
AKJV: And your meat which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall you eat it.
ASV: And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
YLT: And thy food that thou dost eat is by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
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Verse 10 Twenty shekels a day - The whole of the above grain, being ground, was to be formed into one mass, out of which he was to make three hundred and ninety loaves; one loaf for each day; and this loaf was to be of twenty shekels in weight. Now a shekel, being in weight about half an ounce, this would be ten ounces of bread for each day; and with this water to the amount of one sixth part of a hin, which is about a pint and a half of our measure. All this shows that so reduced should provisions be during the siege, that they should be obliged to eat the meanest sort of aliment, and that by weight, and their water by measure; each man's allowance being scarcely a pint and a half, and ten ounces, a little more than half a pound of bread, for each day's support.
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Exposition: Ezekiel 4:10 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:11
Hebrew
וּמַיִם בִּמְשׂוּרָה תִשְׁתֶּה שִׁשִּׁית הַהִין מֵעֵת עַד־עֵת תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃vmayim-vimeshvrah-tisheteh-shishiyt-hahiyn-me'et-'ad-'et-tisheteh
KJV: Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
AKJV: You shall drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shall you drink.
ASV: And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
YLT: `And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink it .
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Ezekiel 4:11 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ezekiel 4:11
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- Ezekiel 4:11
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:11 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:12
Hebrew
וְעֻגַת שְׂעֹרִים תֹּֽאכֲלֶנָּה וְהִיא בְּגֶֽלְלֵי צֵאַת הָֽאָדָם תְּעֻגֶנָה לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃ve'ugat-she'oriym-to'khalenah-vehiy'-vegeleley-tze'at-ha'adam-te'ugenah-le'eyneyhem
KJV: And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
AKJV: And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it with dung that comes out of man, in their sight.
ASV: And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
YLT: A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung--the filth of man--thou dost bake before their eyes.
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Ezekiel 4:12
Verse 12 Thou shalt bake it with dung - Dried ox and cow dung is a common fuel in the east; and with this, for want of wood and coals, they are obliged to prepare their food. Indeed, dried excrement of every kind is gathered. Here, the prophet is to prepare his bread with dry human excrement. And when we know that this did not come in contact with the bread, and was only used to warm the plate, (see Eze 4:3), on which the bread was laid over the fire, it removes all the horror and much of the disgust. This was required to show the extreme degree of wretchedness to which they should be exposed; for, not being able to leave the city to collect the dried excrements of beasts, the inhabitants during the siege would be obliged, literally, to use dried human ordure for fuel. The very circumstances show that this was the plain fact of the case. However, we find that the prophet was relieved from using this kind of fuel, for cow's dung was substituted at his request. See Eze 4:15.
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Ezekiel 4:12
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- Eze 4:3
- Eze 4:15
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- Indeed
- Here
- However
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:12 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:13
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה כָּכָה יֹאכְלוּ בְנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶת־לַחְמָם טָמֵא בַּגּוֹיִם אֲשֶׁר אַדִּיחֵם שָֽׁם׃vayo'mer-yehvah-khakhah-yo'khelv-veney-yishera'el-'et-lachemam-tame'-vagvoyim-'asher-'adiychem-sham
KJV: And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
AKJV: And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.
ASV: And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.
YLT: And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'
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Ezekiel 4:13
Ezekiel 4:13 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ezekiel 4:13
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- Ezekiel 4:13
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- Gentiles
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:13 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:14
Hebrew
וָאֹמַר אֲהָהּ אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה הִנֵּה נַפְשִׁי לֹא מְטֻמָּאָה וּנְבֵלָה וּטְרֵפָה לֹֽא־אָכַלְתִּי מִנְּעוּרַי וְעַד־עַתָּה וְלֹא־בָא בְּפִי בְּשַׂר פִּגּֽוּל׃va'omar-'ahah-'adonay-yehvih-hineh-nafeshiy-lo'-metuma'ah-vnevelah-vterefah-lo'-'akhaletiy-mine'vray-ve'ad-'atah-velo'-va'-vefiy-veshar-figvl
KJV: Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
AKJV: Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
ASV: Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
YLT: And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.'
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Verse 14 My soul hath not been polluted - There is a remarkable similarity between this expostulation of the prophet and that of St. Peter, Act 10:14.
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- Act 10:14
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- St
- Peter
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:14 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mo...'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:15
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי רְאֵה נָתַתִּֽי לְךָ אֶת־צפועי צְפִיעֵי הַבָּקָר תַּחַת גֶּלְלֵי הָֽאָדָם וְעָשִׂיתָ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃vayo'mer-'elay-re'eh-natatiy-lekha-'et-tzfv'y-tzefiy'ey-havaqar-tachat-geleley-ha'adam-ve'ashiyta-'et-lachemekha-'aleyhem
KJV: Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
AKJV: Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your bread therewith.
ASV: Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
YLT: And He saith unto me, `See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'
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Ezekiel 4:15
Ezekiel 4:15 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
Provenance. Rendered as an editorial synthesis tied to the canonical verse context and current chapter source.
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Ezekiel 4:15
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- Ezekiel 4:15
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- Lo
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:15 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:16
Hebrew
וַיֹּאמֶר אֵלַי בֶּן־אָדָם הִנְנִי שֹׁבֵר מַטֵּה־לֶחֶם בִּירוּשָׁלִַם וְאָכְלוּ־לֶחֶם בְּמִשְׁקָל וּבִדְאָגָה וּמַיִם בִּמְשׂוּרָה וּבְשִׁמָּמוֹן יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃vayo'mer-'elay-ven-'adam-hineniy-shover-mateh-lechem-viyrvshaliam-ve'akhelv-lechem-vemisheqal-vvide'agah-vmayim-vimeshvrah-vveshimamvon-yishetv
KJV: Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
AKJV: Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
ASV: Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
YLT: And He saith unto me, `Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;
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Ezekiel 4:16
Verse 16 I will break the staff of bread - They shall be besieged till all the bread is consumed, till the famine becomes absolute; see 2Kgs 25:3 : "And on the ninth of the fourth month, the famine prevailed in the city; and There Was No Bread for the people of the land." All this was accurately foretold, and as accurately fulfilled. Abp. Newcome on 2Kgs 25:6 observes: "This number of years will take us back, with sufficient exactness, from the year in which Jerusalem was sacked by Nebuchadnezzar to the first year of Jeroboam's reign, when national idolatry began in Israel. The period of days seems to predict the duration of the siege by the Babylonians, 2Kgs 25:9, deducting from the year five months and twenty-nine days, mentioned 2Kgs 25:1-4, the time during which the Chaldeans were on their expedition against the Egyptians; see Jer 37:6." This amounts nearly to the same as that mentioned above.
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Ezekiel 4:16
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- 2Kgs 25:3
- 2Kgs 25:6
- 2Kgs 25:9
- 2Kgs 25:1-4
- Jer 37:6
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness
- Abp
- Israel
- Babylonians
- Egyptians
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:16 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
Ezekiel 4:17
Hebrew
לְמַעַן יַחְסְרוּ לֶחֶם וָמָיִם וְנָשַׁמּוּ אִישׁ וְאָחִיו וְנָמַקּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃lema'an-yacheserv-lechem-vamayim-venashamv-'iysh-ve'achiyv-venamaqv-va'avnam
KJV: That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
AKJV: That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
ASV: that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.
YLT: so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.
Commentary Witness (Generated)Ezekiel 4:17Generated editorial synthesis
Commentary Witness (Generated)
Ezekiel 4:17
Ezekiel 4:17 advances the immediate literary flow of the chapter and should be interpreted in its canonical context, not as an isolated proof text. In the present translation it reads: 'That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.'. A close Hebrew reading supports attention to key lexical choices, clause movement, and redemptive-historical placement so doctrinal conclusions remain textually grounded.
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Ezekiel 4:17
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
- Ezekiel 4:17
Exposition: Ezekiel 4:17 emphasizes a key movement in the chapter's argument. In KJV form, the text reads: 'That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.'. Read in canonical context, the verse supports the coherence of biblical revelation by linking doctrine, narrative, and covenantal meaning.
Apologetics Notes
- Scientific Correlation: This verse is suitable for cumulative-case reasoning in apologetics: historical context, textual stability, and worldview coherence are evaluated together rather than in isolation.
- Hebrew Grammar: A close Hebrew reading should attend lexical range, clause flow, and discourse function in context; these controls reduce over-reading and preserve authorial intent.
- Historical Evidence: Historically, this verse is interpreted within the received canonical tradition, where manuscript continuity and early community usage support stable transmission and meaning.
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Canonical references surfaced in commentary
- Eze 4:1-3
- Eze 4:4-8
- Eze 4:9-17
- Ezekiel 4:1
- Ezekiel 4:2
- Ezekiel 4:3
- Eze 4:6
- 2Kgs 25:1
- 2Kgs 25:2
- Eze 4:16
- Ezekiel 4:4
- Ezekiel 4:5
- Ezekiel 4:6
- Ezekiel 4:7
- Ezekiel 4:8
- Ezekiel 4:9
- Ezekiel 4:10
- Ezekiel 4:11
- Eze 4:3
- Eze 4:15
- Ezekiel 4:12
- Ezekiel 4:13
- Act 10:14
- Ezekiel 4:14
- Ezekiel 4:15
- 2Kgs 25:3
- 2Kgs 25:6
- 2Kgs 25:9
- 2Kgs 25:1-4
- Jer 37:6
- Ezekiel 4:16
- Ezekiel 4:17
Named authorities or texts surfaced in commentary
- Ray
- Jerusalem
- Palladius
- De Re Rustica
- Edit
- Gesner
- Babylon
- Homer
- Gades
- Jews
- Israel
- Secondly
- Judah
- Zedekiah
- Egyptians
- Reckon
- Archbishop Newcome
- Manasseh
- Amon
- Jehoahaz
- Jehoiakim
- Jehoiachin
- And
- Indeed
- Here
- However
- Gentiles
- St
- Peter
- Lo
- Abp
- Babylonians
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Commentary Witness
Ezekiel 4:1
Provenance. Rendered as a quoted commentary witness with explicit reference extraction from the source prose.
Canonical locus
Ezekiel 4:1
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Biblical cross-references named in the witness
Named authorities or texts detected in the witness