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It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> Then take an iron griddle and place it between you and the city. Turn toward the city and demonstrate how harsh the siege will be against Jerusalem. This will be a warning to the people of Israel. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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 be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city, and direct your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Now as for you, get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and establish your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Face it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign for the house of Israel. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> 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 be a sign for the house of Israel.&#8221 <a href="/asv/ezekiel/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Set up an iron pan like a wall between you and the brick. All this will be a warning for the people of Israel. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Then take an iron pan, and set it up as a wall between you and the city. Turn your face toward the city as if you were going to attack it, and then attack it. This is a sign for the people of Israel. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Take an iron pan and set it up like a wall between you and the city. Face the city. It is under siege, and you are the one besieging it. This will be a sign to the nation of Israel. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Then you are to take a flat, iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. "Next, you are to turn toward it, oppose it, and place it under siege, because you are to lay siege to it. All of this will serve as a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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 be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/net/ezekiel/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Then for your part take an iron frying pan 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 for the house of Israel. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Moreover take thou to 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. <a href="/web/ezekiel/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Take for yourself an iron pan and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> And you, take an iron pan for yourself, and you have made it a wall of iron between you and the city; and you have prepared your face against it, and it has been in a siege, indeed, you have laid siege against it. It [is] a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it is to the house of Israel. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And thou, take to thee an iron pan and give it a wall of iron between thee and between the city: and prepare thy face against it, and she was in siege, and press upon her. This a sign to the house of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And take unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face resolutely against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: it is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And you shall take up for yourself an iron frying pan, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. And harden your face against it, and it shall be under a siege, and you shall surround it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Then take an iron pan and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it and put it under siege. So you must lay siege to it as a sign for the house of Israel. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Moreover take an iron pan, and set it for an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And take for yourself a grid of iron and set your face against it and it shall be in a siege, and you shall besiege it. This is a sign to those of the household of Israel<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And take thou unto thee an iron griddle, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city; and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it for an iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it, and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the children of Israel. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=713" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">A Sign of Jerusalem's Siege</a> …2Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides. 3<a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: wə·’at·tāh (Conj-w:: Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">Then</a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: qaḥ- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">take</a> <a href="/hebrew/lə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- "></a> <a href="/hebrew/1270.htm" title="1270: bar·zel (N-ms) -- Iron. Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron; by extension, an iron implement.">an iron</a> <a href="/hebrew/4227.htm" title="4227: ma·ḥă·ḇaṯ (N-fsc) -- A flat plate, pan, griddle. From the same as chabeth; a pan for baking in.">plate</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: wə·nā·ṯat·tāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and set it up</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·w·ṯāh (DirObjM:: 3fs) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1270.htm" title="1270: bar·zel (N-ms) -- Iron. Perhaps from the root of Birzowth; iron; by extension, an iron implement.">as an iron</a> <a href="/hebrew/7023.htm" title="7023: qîr (N-msc) -- A wall. Or qir; or qiyrah; from quwr; a wall.">wall</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: bê·nə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- An interval, space between. ">between yourself</a> <a href="/hebrew/996.htm" title="996: ū·ḇên (Conj-w:: Prep) -- An interval, space between. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: hā·‘îr (Art:: N-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">and the city.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3559.htm" title="3559: wa·hă·ḵî·nō·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConjPerf-2ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to be erect; hence to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal, or figurative.">Turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·ne·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">your face</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’ê·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- To, into, towards. ">toward it</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yə·ṯāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">so that it is</a> <a href="/hebrew/4692.htm" title="4692: ḇam·mā·ṣō·wr (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Siege enclosure, siege, entrenchment. Or matsuwr; from tsuwr; something hemming in, i.e. a mound, a siege, distress; or a fastness.">under siege,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6696.htm" title="6696: wə·ṣar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To confine, bind, besiege. A primitive root; to cramp, i.e. Confine.">and besiege it.</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·le·hā (Prep:: 3fs) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: hî (Pro-3fs) -- He, she, it. ">This</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: ’ō·wṯ (N-cs) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">will be a sign</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: lə·ḇêṯ (Prep-l:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">to the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity.">of Israel.</a> 4Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Jeremiah 1:18</a> Now behold, this day I have made you like a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land. <a href="/isaiah/8-14.htm">Isaiah 8:14</a> And He will be a sanctuary—but to both houses of Israel a stone of stumbling and a rock of offense, to the dwellers of Jerusalem a trap and a snare. <a href="/2_kings/25-1.htm">2 Kings 25:1</a> So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it. <a href="/jeremiah/6-27.htm">Jeremiah 6:27</a> “I have appointed you to examine My people like ore, so you may know and try their ways. <a href="/isaiah/29-3.htm">Isaiah 29:3</a> I will camp in a circle around you; I will besiege you with towers and set up siege works against you. <a href="/lamentations/2-8.htm">Lamentations 2:8</a> The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. <a href="/daniel/9-25.htm">Daniel 9:25</a> Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. <a href="/matthew/21-42.htm">Matthew 21:42</a> Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’? <a href="/luke/20-17.htm">Luke 20:17-18</a> But Jesus looked directly at them and said, “Then what is the meaning of that which is written: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone’? / Everyone who falls on this stone will be broken to pieces, but he on whom it falls will be crushed.” <a href="/acts/4-11.htm">Acts 4:11</a> This Jesus is ‘the stone you builders rejected, which has become the cornerstone.’ <a href="/1_peter/2-6.htm">1 Peter 2:6-8</a> For it stands in Scripture: “See, I lay in Zion a stone, a chosen and precious cornerstone; and the one who believes in Him will never be put to shame.” / To you who believe, then, this stone is precious. But to those who do not believe, “The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone,” / and, “A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense.” They stumble because they disobey the word—and to this they were appointed. <a href="/revelation/21-14.htm">Revelation 21:14</a> The wall of the city had twelve foundations bearing the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb. <a href="/jeremiah/15-20.htm">Jeremiah 15:20</a> Then I will make you a wall to this people, a fortified wall of bronze; they will fight against you but will not overcome you, for I am with you to save and deliver you, declares the LORD. <a href="/isaiah/28-16.htm">Isaiah 28:16</a> So this is what the Lord GOD says: “See, I lay a stone in Zion, a tested stone, a precious cornerstone, a sure foundation; the one who believes will never be shaken. <a href="/zechariah/12-3.htm">Zechariah 12:3</a> On that day, when all the nations of the earth gather against her, I will make Jerusalem a heavy stone for all the peoples; all who would heave it away will be severely injured.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Moreover take you to you an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.an iron pan.<a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5</a> And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.This<a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Ezekiel 12:6,11</a> In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel… <a href="/ezekiel/24-24.htm">Ezekiel 24:24-27</a> Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD… <a href="/isaiah/8-18.htm">Isaiah 8:18</a> Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/3-5.htm">Besieged</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-23.htm">Face</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-27.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/52-11.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-17.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-2.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-26.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/23-29.htm">Pan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-2.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-29.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/isaiah/43-26.htm">State</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-2.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/6-12.htm">Besieged</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">City</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Face</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-4.htm">House</a> <a href="/ezekiel/22-18.htm">Iron</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-8.htm">Lay</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-4.htm">Moreover</a> <a href="/micah/3-3.htm">Pan</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-7.htm">Siege</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Sign</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-55.htm">State</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-7.htm">Wall</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 4</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity</a> 9. <a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Then take an iron plate The iron plate symbolizes a barrier, representing the separation between God and the people due to their sin. Iron, a strong and impenetrable material, signifies the strength of the judgment coming upon Jerusalem. In ancient times, iron was a symbol of strength and durability, often used in warfare and construction.and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. The iron wall represents the divine barrier that God has placed between Himself and Jerusalem. This imagery suggests that the city is cut off from divine protection and favor. The wall signifies the impending judgment and the inability of the people to escape it. Historically, walls were crucial for a city's defense, and the absence of divine protection would leave Jerusalem vulnerable.Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, Ezekiel's action of turning his face toward the city symbolizes God's focus on Jerusalem for judgment. The siege represents the Babylonian attack on Jerusalem, which was a historical event that occurred in 586 BC. This act of turning one's face is often used in Scripture to denote attention or judgment, as seen in other prophetic books.and besiege it. Ezekiel's symbolic siege of the city illustrates the actual siege that Babylon would carry out. This prophetic act serves as a warning to the people of Israel about the seriousness of their situation. The siege is a common biblical motif representing God's judgment, as seen in other prophetic warnings throughout the Old Testament.This will be a sign to the house of Israel. The sign is a prophetic demonstration meant to convey God's message to the Israelites. Signs in the Bible often serve as tangible representations of spiritual truths or future events. This particular sign is a warning of the impending destruction due to the people's unfaithfulness. It calls the house of Israel to repentance and recognition of their covenantal failures.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their Babylonian exile. Known for his symbolic actions and visions. 2. <a href="/topical/i/iron_plate.htm">Iron Plate</a> A symbolic object used by Ezekiel to represent a barrier or separation between God and the city of Jerusalem, indicating divine judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_city.htm">The City (Jerusalem)</a> The focal point of God's judgment due to the people's persistent sin and rebellion against Him. 4. <a href="/topical/s/siege.htm">Siege</a> A military tactic used to surround and cut off a city, symbolizing the impending judgment and destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians. 5. <a href="/topical/h/house_of_israel.htm">House of Israel</a> The collective term for the people of Israel, who are the recipients of Ezekiel's prophetic messages and symbolic actions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_in_prophecy.htm">Symbolism in Prophecy</a> Ezekiel's use of an iron plate as a symbol of separation highlights the seriousness of sin and the resulting barrier it creates between God and His people. <a href="/topical/d/divine_judgment.htm">Divine Judgment</a> The siege represents God's righteous judgment on persistent disobedience, reminding us of the importance of repentance and obedience to God's commands. <a href="/topical/i/intercessory_role_of_prophets.htm">Intercessory Role of Prophets</a> Ezekiel's actions serve as a visual and spiritual intercession, calling the people to recognize their sin and turn back to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness.htm">God's Faithfulness</a> Despite the harsh message of judgment, God's use of prophets like Ezekiel demonstrates His desire for His people to return to Him and be restored. <a href="/topical/p/personal_reflection.htm">Personal Reflection</a> Consider the "iron walls" in our own lives that may separate us from God, and seek His guidance to remove them through repentance and faith.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 4</a> <a href="/q/how_do_deut._28_curses_fit_with_science.htm">In Deuteronomy 28, how can modern readers reconcile the promise of curses (verses 15-68) with our scientific understanding of disease, famine, and natural disasters?</a> <a href="/q/does_history_confirm_ezekiel's_siege.htm">Ezekiel 4:1-3: Does archaeological or historical data confirm a siege of Jerusalem that matches the precise details of Ezekiel's prophecy?</a> <a href="/q/ezekiel_4_4-5__lie_390_days_safely.htm">Ezekiel 4:4-5: How could someone realistically lie on one side for 390 days without serious health complications or interruptions?</a> <a href="/q/was_ezekiel's_'siege_bread'_real.htm">Ezekiel 4:9-12: Is there any historical evidence that this specific type of 'siege bread' was actually made and consumed in ancient times?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) An iron pan.--The margin gives the sense more accurately, a flat plate. It was used for baking cakes (see <a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm" title="And if your oblation be a meat offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.">Leviticus 2:5</a>, marg.). This was to be set for a wall of iron between the prophet (representing the besiegers) and the city, doubtless as symbolical of the strength of the besiegers' lines, and of the impossibility there would be of an escape from the city by a sally. Their foes should be made too strong for them defensively as well as offensively.A sign to the house of Israel.--As already said, the tribe of Judah, with the associated remnants of the other tribes, is considered as representing the whole nation after the Assyrian captivity, and is spoken of as "the house of Israel" except when there is occasion to distinguish especially between the two parts of the nation. (See <a href="/ezekiel/3-7.htm" title="But the house of Israel will not listen to you; for they will not listen to me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hardhearted.">Ezekiel 3:7</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/3-17.htm" title="Son of man, I have made you a watchman to the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me.">Ezekiel 3:17</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm" title="Then take of them again, and cast them into the middle of the fire, and burn them in the fire; for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel.">Ezekiel 5:4</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm" title="He said furthermore to me, Son of man, see you what they do? even the great abominations that the house of Israel commits here, that I should go far off from my sanctuary? but turn you yet again, and you shall see greater abominations.">Ezekiel 8:6</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/21-2.htm" title="And he had brothers the sons of Jehoshaphat, Azariah, and Jehiel, and Zechariah, and Azariah, and Michael, and Shephatiah: all these were the sons of Jehoshaphat king of Israel.">2Chronicles 21:2</a>; <a href="/2_chronicles/28-27.htm" title="And Ahaz slept with his fathers, and they buried him in the city, even in Jerusalem: but they brought him not into the sepulchers of the kings of Israel: and Hezekiah his son reigned in his stead.">2Chronicles 28:27</a>, &c.) The prophecy would have been equally effective whether seen as a symbolic act or only related. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 3. - An iron pan. The word is used in <a href="/leviticus/2-5.htm">Leviticus 2:5</a>; <a href="/leviticus/6-21.htm">Leviticus 6:21</a>, et al., for a flat or shallow vessel in which cakes were baked or fried. Such a pan, like the Scotch "girdle," or our "gridiron," may well have formed part of the furniture of the prophet's house when it was taken for this strange use. It was to represent the kind of shield or fence set up on the ground, from behind which the besiegers discharged their arrows. Such shields are seen, like the battering rams, in Assyrian bas-reliefs (Layard, 'Nineveh,' etc., 2:345). Other interpretations, which see in it the symbol of the circumvallation of the city, or of the impenetrable barrier which the sins of the people had set up between themselves and Jehovah, or of the prophet himself as strong and unyielding (<a href="/jeremiah/1-18.htm">Jeremiah 1:18</a>), do not commend themselves. The flat plate did not go round the city, and the spiritual meaning is out of harmony with the context. This shall be a sign, etc. (comp. like forms in <a href="/ezekiel/12-6.htm">Ezekiel 12:6, 11</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/24-25.htm">Ezekiel 24:25, 27</a>). The exiles of Tel-Abib, who wore the only spectators of the prophet's acts, are taken as representatives of "the house of Israel," that phrase being commonly used by Ezekiel, unless, as in vers. 5, 6, and <a href="/ezekiel/37-16.htm">Ezekiel 37:16</a>, there is a special reason for noting a distinction for Jonah as representing the whole nation. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Then וְאַתָּ֤ה (wə·’at·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you take קַח־ (qaḥ-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take an iron בַּרְזֶ֔ל (bar·zel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1270.htm">Strong's 1270: </a> Iron, an iron implement plate מַחֲבַ֣ת (ma·ḥă·ḇaṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4227.htm">Strong's 4227: </a> A flat plate, pan, griddle and set it up וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set as an iron בַּרְזֶ֔ל (bar·zel) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1270.htm">Strong's 1270: </a> Iron, an iron implement wall קִ֣יר (qîr) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7023.htm">Strong's 7023: </a> A wall between yourself בֵּינְךָ֖ (bê·nə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_996.htm">Strong's 996: </a> An interval, space between and the city. הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement Turn וַהֲכִינֹתָה֩ (wa·hă·ḵî·nō·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3559.htm">Strong's 3559: </a> To be erect your face פָּנֶ֨יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā) Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face toward it אֵלֶ֜יהָ (’ê·le·hā) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to so that it is וְהָיְתָ֤ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be under siege, בַמָּצוֹר֙ (ḇam·mā·ṣō·wr) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4692.htm">Strong's 4692: </a> Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness and besiege it. וְצַרְתָּ֣ (wə·ṣar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6696.htm">Strong's 6696: </a> To confine, bind, besiege This הִ֖יא (hî) Pronoun - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are will be a sign א֥וֹת (’ō·wṯ) Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence to the house לְבֵ֥ית (lə·ḇêṯ) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> A house of Israel. יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3478.htm">Strong's 3478: </a> Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/4-3.htm">Ezekiel 4:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-3.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 4:3 Take for yourself an iron pan (Ezek. 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