Text -- Ezekiel 4:1-2 (NET)

Ominous Object Lessons

4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick and set it in front of you. Inscribe a city on it– Jerusalem. 4:2 Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp against it! Post soldiers outside it and station battering rams around it.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 4:1

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

² tn Or perhaps “draw.”

NET Notes: Eze 4:2

¹ tn Or “a barricade.”

² tn Heb “set camps against it.”