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Ezekiel 4:1 Cross-References
Explore 16 cross-references for Ezekiel 4:1 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Ezekiel chapter 4 verse 1 to related passages throughout the Bible.
The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
“Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:”
Ezekiel 4:1 (KJV)
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Commentary on Ezekiel 4:1
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: God commands Ezekiel to perform the first of several prophetic sign-acts dramatizing Jerusalem's coming siege. The Hebrew levenah (לְבֵנָה, "tile" or "brick") refers to a clay tablet commonly used in Mesopotamia for writing, maps, and construction plans. Ezekiel, trained as a priest (1:3), now becomes a prophet-dramatist, enacting God's judgment through visual theater.The command to "pourtray" (chaqaq, חָקַק) means to inscribe, engrave, or draw—Ezekiel creates a detailed siege map on...
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Cross-References for Ezekiel 4:1
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“Yahweh said to Hosea”
“[Saul] laid hold on the skirt of his robe”
“the God of Israel”
“son of man”
“Go again, love a woman loved by another, and an adulteress, even as Yahweh loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods, and love cakes of raisins.”
“You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
“Go”
“Go”
“and I have multiplied visions; and by the ministry of the prophets I have used parables.”