4:1 “And you, son of man, take a brick 1 and set it in front of you. Inscribe 2 a city on it – Jerusalem.
14:19 “Or suppose I were to send a plague into that land, and pour out my rage on it with bloodshed, killing both people and animals.
28:23 I will send a plague into the city 5 and bloodshed into its streets;
the slain will fall within it, by the sword that attacks it 6 from every side.
Then they will know that I am the Lord.
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.”
3 tn Heb “her time”; this refers to the time of impending judgment (see the note on “doom” in v. 4).
5 tn Heb “and poured out their harlotry on her.”
7 tn Heb “into it”; the referent of the feminine pronoun has been specified in the translation for clarity.
8 tn Heb “by a sword against it.”