1HNV: You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, even Yerushalayim: _______ 1KJV: Thou also, son of man , take thee a tile , and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city , even Jerusalem : 2HNV: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about. _______ 2KJV: 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 . 3HNV: 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 Yisrael. _______ 3KJV: 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 . 4HNV: Moreover lie you on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Yisrael on it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity. _______ 4KJV: Lie thou also upon thy left side , and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity . 5HNV: For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days: so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Yisrael. _______ 5KJV: 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 the house of Israel . 6HNV: Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Yehudah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you. _______ 6KJV: And when thou hast accomplished them , lie again on thy right side , and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days : I have appointed thee each day for a year . 7HNV: You shall set your face toward the siege of Yerushalayim, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it. _______ 7KJV: Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem , and thine arm shall be uncovered , and thou shalt prophesy against it. 8HNV: Behold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege. _______ 8KJV: 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 . Ezekiel 4:1: I, HOPE ! AND PRAY ,FOR, EVER, YOU, FIND ,HIM ! ! 1-8 The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He was to lie on his left side for a number of days, supposed to be equal to the years from the establishment of idolatry. All that the prophet sets before the children of his people, about the destruction of Jerusalem, is to show that sin is the provoking cause of the ruin of that once flourishing city. Ezekiel 1:1: LET, YA, STRENGTHEN ,YOU! 1-14 It is a mercy to have the word of God brought to us, and a duty to attend to it diligently, when we are in affliction. The voice of God came in the fulness of light and power, by the Holy Spirit. These visions seem to have been sent to possess the prophets mind with great and high thoughts of God. To strike terror upon sinners. To speak comfort to those that feared God, and humbled themselves. In ver. 4-14|, is the first part of the vision, which represents God as attended and served by a vast company of angels, who are all his messengers, his ministers, doing his commandments. This vision would impress the mind with solemn awe and fear of the Divine displeasure, yet raise expectations of blessings. The fire is surrounded with a glory. Though we cannot by searching find out God to perfection, yet we see the brightness round about it. The likeness of the living creatures came out of the midst of the fire; angels derive their being and power from God. They have the understanding of a man, and far more. A lion excels in strength and boldness. An ox excels in diligence and patience, and unwearied discharge of the work he has to do. An eagle excels in quickness and piercing sight, and in soaring high; and the angels, who excel man in all these respects, put on these appearances. The angels have wings; and whatever business God sends them upon, they lose no time. They stood straight, and firm, and steady. They had not only wings for motion, but hands for action. Many persons are quick, who are not active; they hurry about, but do nothing to purpose; they have wings, but no hands. But wherever the angels wings carried them, they carried hands with them, to be doing what duty required. Whatever service they went about, they went every one straight forward. When we go straight, we go forward; when we serve God with one heart, we perform work. They turned not when they went. They made no mistakes; and their work needed not to be gone over again. They turned not from their business to trifle with any thing. They went whithersoever the Spirit of God would have them go. The prophet saw these living creatures by their own light, for their appearance was like burning coals of fire; they are seraphim, or burners; denoting the ardour of their love to God, and fervent zeal in his service. We may learn profitable lessons from subjects we cannot fully enter into or understand. But let us attend to the things which relate to our peace and duty, and leave secret things to the Lord, to whom alone they belong.
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