Ezekiel 4:1-3
Lexham English Bible
Siege of Jerusalem Illustrated on a Brick
4 “Now,[a] son of man,[b] take for yourself a brick, and you must put it before you,[c] and you must portray on it a city, Jerusalem. 2 And you must build against it siege works, and you must build against it a bulwark, and you must heap against it a siege ramp, and you must set up against it camps and put against it a battering ram all around. 3 And take for yourself a plate of iron, and you must place it as a wall of iron between you and the city, and you must set your face against it, and it must be under siege,[d] and you must lay the siege against it; it is a sign for the house of Israel.
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- Ezekiel 4:1 Or “And”
- Ezekiel 4:1 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
- Ezekiel 4:1 Literally “to the face of you”
- Ezekiel 4:3 Literally “in the siege”
Ezekiel 4:1-3
New English Translation
Ominous Object Lessons
4 “And you, son of man, take a brick[a] and set it in front of you. Inscribe[b] a city on it—Jerusalem. 2 Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp[c] against it! Post soldiers outside it[d] and station battering rams around it. 3 Then for your part take an iron frying pan[e] and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign[f] for the house of Israel.
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- Ezekiel 4:1 sn Ancient Near Eastern bricks were 10 to 24 inches long and 6 to 13½ inches wide.
- Ezekiel 4:1 tn Or perhaps “draw.”
- Ezekiel 4:2 tn Or “a barricade.”
- Ezekiel 4:2 tn Heb “set camps against it.”
- Ezekiel 4:3 tn Or “a griddle,” that is, some sort of plate for cooking.
- Ezekiel 4:3 tn That is, a symbolic object lesson.
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