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Chapter 4

Verses 1-3

Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 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. Moreover take 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 unto the house of Israel.

Curiously the Babylonian guards must have watched Ezekiel as he gathers bits and pieces together to perform his wordless story telling. Some probably laughed, thinking the prophet had lost his mind, but those to whom this pantomime was intended would clearly understand the message behind the madness. In Ezekiel 4:2-3, the LORD said “against it” seven times in reference to the destruction of Jerusalem and the number seven in Scripture is the symbolic mark of completion and spiritual perfection. The LORD’S repeated warnings to Israel were finally over and it was now time for His judgment. The sins of the people had now come up for a determination of action and the justice of God was about to be seen, felt and heard. This was a punishment that would last seventy years and the city of Jerusalem would never be the same for many generations to come, when all Israel will shout with one accord: “Baruch