Ezekiel 4:1-6

The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

1 "And you, r son of man, s take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2 t And put siegeworks against it, u and build a siege wall against it, v and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, w and plant battering rams against it all around. 3 And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; x and set your face toward it, y and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is z a sign for the house of Israel.

4 "Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment 1 of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, a you shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, b 390 days, c equal to the number of the years of their punishment. a So long shall you bear d the punishment of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and e bear f the punishment of the house of Judah. g Forty days I assign you, a day for each year.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 2:1
    And he said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet, and I will speak with you.
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:3
    And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
    Jeremiah 13:1 - 2
    Thus says the Lord to me, "Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it around your waist, and do not dip it in water.
  3. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:1
    And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.
  4. Cross References
    Ezekiel 17:17
    Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company will not help him in war, when mounds are cast up and siege walls built to cut off many lives.
    Ezekiel 21:22
    Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.
    Ezekiel 26:8
    He will kill with the sword your daughters on the mainland. He will set up a siege wall against you and throw up a mound against you, and raise a roof of shields against you.
  5. Cross References
    Luke 19:43
    For the days will come upon you, when your enemies will set up a barricade around you and surround you and hem you in on every side
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:22
    Into his right hand comes the divination for Jerusalem, to set battering rams, to open the mouth with murder, to lift up the voice with shouting, to set battering rams against the gates, to cast up mounds, to build siege towers.
    Ezekiel 26:9
    He will direct the shock of his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers.
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 21:2
    Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 29:3
    And I will encamp against you all around, and will besiege you with towers and I will raise siegeworks against you.
  9. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:6
    In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon ...
    Ezekiel 12:11
    Say, 'I am a sign for you: as I have done, so s...
    Ezekiel 24:24
    Thus shall Ezekiel be to you a sign; according ...
    Ezekiel 24:27
    On that day your mouth will be opened to the fu...
    Isaiah 8:18
    Behold, I and the children whom the Lord has gi...
    Isaiah 20:3
    Then the Lord said, "As my servant Isaiah has w...
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:10
    But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
    Ezekiel 44:12
    Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.
    Leviticus 16:22
    The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.
    Isaiah 53:11 - 12
    Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
  11. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:9
    And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it.
  12. Cross References
    Numbers 14:34
    According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.
  13. Cross References
    Ezekiel 4:4
    Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 23:4
    Oholah was the name of the elder and Oholibah the name of her sister. They became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. As for their names, Oholah is Samaria, and Oholibah is Jerusalem.
    Ezekiel 23:9 - 10
    Therefore I delivered her into the hands of her lovers, into the hands of the Assyrians, after whom she lusted.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 44:10
    But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
    Ezekiel 44:12
    Because they ministered to them before their idols and became a stumbling block of iniquity to the house of Israel, therefore I have sworn concerning them, declares the Lord God, and they shall bear their punishment.
    Leviticus 16:22
    The goat shall bear all their iniquities on itself to a remote area, and he shall let the goat go free in the wilderness.
    Isaiah 53:11 - 12
    Out of the anguish of his soul he shall see and be satisfied; by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant, make many to be accounted righteous, and he shall bear their iniquities.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 23:11 - 12
    Her sister Oholibah saw this, and she became more corrupt than her sister in her lust and in her whoring, which was worse than that of her sister.
  17. Cross References
    Numbers 14:34
    According to the number of the days in which you spied out the land, forty days, a year for each day, you shall bear your iniquity forty years, and you shall know my displeasure.
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