Ezekiel 4:7 BSB — MannaFest

Ezekiel 4:7

You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

BSB

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ASV

And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.

KJV

Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel (420)

(Verse 7.) And you shall turn your face towards the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be extended, and you shall prophesy against it. LXX: And you shall set your face towards the siege of Jerusalem, and you shall strengthen your arm, and you shall prophesy over it. Preparation of countenance is necessary, as well as strength, and the confirmation of the extended and exposed arm, so that not only by voice, but also by gesture and appearance of a prophet, the siege of the city may be demonstrated.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Nor were they less active and industrious, exerting themselves to the utmost in all the operations of the siege, which the prophet was to represent by the uncovering of his arm, or, as some read it, the stretching out of his arm, as it were to deal blows about without mercy. When God is about to do some great work he is said to make bare his arm, Isa. lii.

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
מְצ֤וֹר	me.Tzor	[the] siege of	H4692 →
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙	ye.ru.sha.Lim	Jerusalem	H3389 →
תָּכִ֣ין	ta.Khin	you will direct	H3559 →
פָּנֶ֔יךָ	pa.Nei.kha	face your	H6440 →
וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖	u.ze.ro.'a.Kha	and arm your	H2220 →
חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה	cha.su.Fah	[will be ] bared	H2834 →
וְנִבֵּאתָ֖	ve.ni.be.Ta	and you will prophesy	H5012 →
עָלֶֽיהָ׃	'a.Lei.ha	on it	H5921 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ezekiel 21:2
“Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
leads to
- Ezekiel 20:46
  “Son of man, set your face toward the south, preach against it, and prophesy against the forest of the Negev.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Isaiah 52:10
The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.
leads to
- Luke 3:6
  And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
- Revelation 14:6
  Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.
- Revelation 15:4
  Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Isaiah 51:9
  Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the…
- Psalms 98:1–3
  Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
Through
Ezekiel 4:3
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will…
leads to
- Ezekiel 12:6
  And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to…
- Isaiah 8:18
  Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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06About Ezekiel

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Where the connections lead

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About Ezekiel