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Ezekiel 4:8

Ezekiel 4:8
And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And, behold, I will lay hands upon thee,.... Representing either the besieged, signifying that they should be taken and bound as he was; or rather the besiegers, the Chaldean army, which should be so…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

I will lay bands upon thee - Contrast margin reference. The Lord will put constraint upon him, to cause him to exercise his office. In the retirement of his house, figuratively bound and under…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Ezekiel 4:1-8

The prophet is here ordered to represent to himself and others by signs which would be proper and powerful to strike the fancy and to affect the mind, the siege of Jerusalem; and this amounted to a…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

from one side to another lit. from thy side to thy side. Here the prophet represents those pressed by the rigours of the siege, as in Eze 4:4-6. The "days of thy siege" most naturally means the days…

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