Ezekiel 4:1
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New International Version (©1984)
"Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
[The LORD said,] "Son of man, take clay, put it in front of you, and draw a map of Jerusalem on it.

King James Bible
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

American King James Version
You also, son of man, take you a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it the city, even Jerusalem:

American Standard Version
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

Bible in Basic English
And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of Jerusalem.

Darby Bible Translation
And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, Jerusalem:

English Revised Version
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

Webster's Bible Translation
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem;

World English Bible
You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:

Young's Literal Translation
'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,

Geneva Study Bible

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

Wesley's Notes

4:1 Portray - Draw a map of Jerusalem.

Scofield Reference Notes

[1] take

The symbolic actions during the prophet's dumbness were testimonies to the past wickedness and chastisement of the house of Israel (the whole nation), and prophetic of a coming siege. They therefore intermediate between the siege of 2Ki 24:10-16 at which time Ezekiel was carried to Babylon, and the siege of 2Ki 25:1-11 eleven years later.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

CHAPTER 4

Eze 4:1-17. Symbolical Vision of the Siege and the Iniquity-bearing.

1. tile-a sun-dried brick, such as are found in Babylon, covered with cuneiform inscriptions, often two feet long and one foot broad.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

4:1-8 The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He was to lie on his left side for a number of days, supposed to be equal to the years from the establishment of idolatry. All that the prophet sets before the children of his people, about the destruction of Jerusalem, is to show that sin is the provoking cause of the ruin of that once flourishing city.


Isaiah 20:2 at that time the LORD spoke through Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, "Go and loosen the sackcloth from your hips and take your shoes off your feet." And he did so, going naked and barefoot.
Jeremiah 13:1 Thus the LORD said to me, "Go and buy yourself a linen waistband and put it around your waist, but do not put it in water."
Jeremiah 18:2 "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will announce My words to you."
Jeremiah 19:1 Thus says the LORD, "Go and buy a potter's earthenware jar, and take some of the elders of the people and some of the senior priests. (NASB ©1995)

Brick City Clay Front Graven Inscribe Jerusalem Lay Picture Portray Tablet Trace


Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

1-8 Under the type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to the captivity 9-17 By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine

take Eze 5:1 12:3 1Sa 15:27,28 1Ki 11:30,31 Isa 20:2-4 Jer 13:1-14 18:2 19:1 25:15 27:2 Ho 1:2 3:1-5 12:10

a tile. [], [levainah] generally denotes a brick, and Palladius in- forms us that the bricks in common use among the ancients were `two feet long, one foot broad, and four inches thick;' and on such a surface the whole siege might be easily pourtrayed. Perhaps, however, it may here denote a flat tile, like a Roman brick, which were commonly used for tablets, as we learn from Pliny.

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