Ezekiel 4:1

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.

Ezekiel 4:5

4:5 I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days for you – 390 days. So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:15

4:15 So he said to me, “All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”

Ezekiel 16:14

16:14 Your fame spread among the nations because of your beauty; your beauty was perfect because of the splendor which I bestowed on you, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 16:19

16:19 As for my food that I gave you – the fine flour, olive oil, and honey I fed you – you placed it before them as a soothing aroma. That is exactly what happened, declares the sovereign Lord.

Ezekiel 16:34

16:34 You were different from other prostitutes because no one solicited you. When you gave payment and no payment was given to you, you became the opposite!

Ezekiel 16:61

16:61 Then you will remember your conduct, and be ashamed when you receive your older and younger sisters. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on account of my covenant with you.

Ezekiel 27:5

27:5 They crafted all your planks out of fir trees from Senir; 10 

they took a cedar from Lebanon to make your mast.

Ezekiel 27:7

27:7 Fine linen from Egypt, woven with patterns, was used for your sail

to serve as your banner;

blue and purple from the coastlands of Elishah 11  was used for your deck’s awning.

Ezekiel 35:5

35:5 “‘You have shown unrelenting hostility and poured the people of Israel onto the blades of a sword 12  at the time of their calamity, at the time of their final punishment.


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

tn Or perhaps “draw.”

tn Heb “I have assigned for you that the years of their iniquity be the number of days.” Num 14:33-34 is an example of the reverse, where the days were converted into years, the number of days spying out the land becoming the number of years of the wilderness wanderings.

tc The LXX reads “190 days.”

tn Or “When you have carried the iniquity of the house of Israel,” and continuing on to the next verse.

tn Heb “name.”

sn The description of the nation Israel in vv. 10-14 recalls the splendor of the nation’s golden age under King Solomon.

tn Heb “With you it was opposite of women in your prostitution.”

tn Heb “built.”

10 tn Perhaps the hull or deck. The term is dual, so perhaps it refers to a double-decked ship.

11 sn This is probably a reference to Cyprus.

13 tn Or “gave over…to the power of the sword.” This phrase also occurs in Jer 18:21 and Ps 63:10.