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:

² And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.

³ Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.
KJV: Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
WEB: “You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem.
ASV: Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:
DARBY: And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, Jerusalem:
BLB: [“] And You, son of man, take for yourself a clay tablet, and place it before your face; and engrave upon it a city, Jerusalem.

ÅB: Og du menneskesønn, ta deg en mursten og legg den foran deg og riss på den en by, Jerusalem,
OTB: “Nå, menneskesønn, ta en murstein og sett den foran deg, og skriv på den en by—Jerusalem.
B1930: Og du menneskesønn, ta dig en mursten og legg den foran dig og riss på den en by, Jerusalem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hosea 1:2–9
The beginning of the word of the LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the LORD.
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Isaiah 20:2–4
At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
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Hosea 12:10
I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets.
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Jeremiah 27:2–22
Thus saith the LORD to me; Make thee bonds and yokes, and put them upon thy neck,
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Jeremiah 25:15–38
For thus saith the LORD God of Israel unto me; Take the wine cup of this fury at my hand, and cause all the nations, to whom I send thee, to drink it.
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Jeremiah 32:31
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
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1 Samuel 15:27–28
And as Samuel turned about to go away, he laid hold upon the skirt of his mantle, and it rent.
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Ezekiel 5:1–17
And thou, son of man, take thee a sharp knife, take thee a barber’s razor, and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard: then take thee balances to weigh, and divide the hair.
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