Ezekiel 4:1
take <03947> [take.]
brick <03843> [a tile.]
[Lebˆbnƒh <\\See definition 03843\\>,] {levainah,} generally denotes a brick, and Palladius informs 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, Hist. Nat. 1. vii. c. 57.
Jerusalem <03389> [even.]
Ezekiel 4:7
<03559> [set.]
arm <02220> [and thine.]
Ezekiel 21:2
turn <07760> [set.]
speak <05197> [and drop.]
land <0127> [against.]
Ezekiel 21:20
Rabbah <07237> [Rabbath.]
[Rabbah. the defenced.]
Ezekiel 22:19
gather <06908> [I will.]
Jerusalem is here represented as the fining pot; all the people, who had become dross, are to be gathered together in it; and the fire of the Chaldeans, blown by the wrath of God, is to melt the whole. No ordinary means will avail to purge their impurities; the most violent must therefore be resorted to.
