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Ezekiel 4:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Ezekiel 4:1-3
New Catholic Bible
Before the Siege of Jerusalem
Chapter 4
Symbols of Siege and Exile. 1 As for you, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it in front of you. Draw on it a city, Jerusalem.[a] 2 Portray it under siege, erect towers against it, pitch camps, and set up battering rams all around it. 3 Then take an iron griddle and place it as though it were an iron wall between you and the city. Keep your gaze fixed upon the city; it will be in a state of siege, and you will be the besieger. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.[b]
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- Ezekiel 4:1 For writing and drawing, the Babylonians used thin tablets of clay that had not yet dried, on which they wrote with a suitable stylus.
- Ezekiel 4:3 Verse 3 should be followed directly by verse 7.
