“Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:” Context Ezekiel, the prophet, receives various visions and…

“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…

“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…

“For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of…

“Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.” Context and Background Ezekiel was a prophet…

“Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they…

“That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.” Ezekiel 4:17 (KJV) says, This verse is part of a larger…

“And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.” Context Ezekiel was a prophet called by…

“And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.” Passage Context Ezekiel 4:12 is part of…

“And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.” Historical Context The book of Ezekiel is…