DANIEL CHAPTER SEVEN

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66) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:1

Now you,
וְאַתָּ֤ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

son
בֶן־ (ḇen-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1121: A son

of man,
אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 120: Ruddy, a human being

take
קַח־ (qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

a brick,
לְבֵנָ֔ה (lə·ḇê·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 3843: Brick, tile

place
וְנָתַתָּ֥ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

it
אוֹתָ֖הּ (’ō·w·ṯāh)
Direct object marker | third person feminine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

before you,
לְפָנֶ֑יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā)
Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

and draw
וְחַקּוֹתָ֥ (wə·ḥaq·qō·w·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2710: To hack, engrave, to enact, prescribe

on it
עָלֶ֛יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

the city
עִ֖יר (‘îr)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

of Jerusalem.
יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

• Now Ezekiel must put a brick before him!
• And draw on it the city of Jerusalem!
• You can use bricks to build!
• But you can also destroy it!
• God makes it easier to visualize it!

 

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67) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:2


Then lay
וְנָתַתָּ֨ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

siege
מָצ֗וֹר (mā·ṣō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

against it:
עָלֶ֜יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

Construct
וּבָנִ֤יתָ (ū·ḇā·nî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1129: To build

a siege wall,
דָּיֵ֔ק (dā·yêq)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1785: Bulwark, siege wall

build
וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥ (wə·šā·p̄aḵ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 8210: To spill forth, to expend, to sprawl out

a ramp
סֹֽלְלָ֑ה (sō·lə·lāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5550: A military mound, rampart of besiegers

to it,
עָלֶ֖יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

set up
וְנָתַתָּ֨ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

camps
מַחֲנ֛וֹת (ma·ḥă·nō·wṯ)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 4264: An encampment, an army

against it,
עָלֶ֧יהָ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

and place
וְשִׂים־ (wə·śîm-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

battering rams
כָּרִ֖ים (kā·rîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3733: A ram, a, battering-ram, a meadow, a pad, camel's saddle

around it
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

on all sides.
סָבִֽיב׃ (sā·ḇîḇ)
Adverb
Strong's 5439: A circle, neighbour, environs, around

• And then we get a precise description of what is going to happen to Jerusalem!
• A siege!
• A siege wall!
• A ramp!
• Camps!
• Battering rams!
• Nothing is missing!
• So precise!
• And no way to escape!

 

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68) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:3


Then
וְאַתָּ֤ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

take
קַח־ (qaḥ-)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

an iron
בַּרְזֶ֔ל (bar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement

plate
מַחֲבַ֣ת (ma·ḥă·ḇaṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 4227: A flat plate, pan, griddle

and set it up
וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

as an iron
בַּרְזֶ֔ל (bar·zel)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1270: Iron, an iron implement

wall
קִ֣יר (qîr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 7023: A wall

between yourself
בֵּינְךָ֖ (bê·nə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

and the city.
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

Turn
וַהֲכִינֹתָה֩ (wa·hă·ḵî·nō·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

your face
פָּנֶ֨יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

toward it
אֵלֶ֜יהָ (’ê·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

so that it is
וְהָיְתָ֤ה (wə·hā·yə·ṯāh)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

under siege,
בַמָּצוֹר֙ (ḇam·mā·ṣō·wr)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4692: 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
Strong's 6696: To confine, bind, besiege

This
הִ֖יא (hî)
Pronoun - third person feminine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will be a sign
א֥וֹת (’ō·wṯ)
Noun - common singular
Strong's 226: A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence

to the house
לְבֵ֥ית (lə·ḇêṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

• Then we are told about an iron wall!
• And Jerusalem is going to be under siege!
• And it will be a sign for the house of Israel!
• Clear as crystal!
• But the majority doesn’t care!

 

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69) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:4

Then lie down
שְׁכַב֙ (šə·ḵaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your left
הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י (haś·śə·mā·lî)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 8042: Situated on the left side

side
צִדְּךָ֣ (ṣid·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

and place
וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ (wə·śam·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

the iniquity
עֲוֺ֥ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of the house
בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel
יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

upon yourself.
עָלָ֑יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

You are to bear
תִּשָּׂ֖א (tiś·śā)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

their iniquity
עֲוֺנָֽם׃ (‘ă·wō·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

for the number
מִסְפַּ֤ר (mis·par)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

of days
הַיָּמִים֙ (hay·yā·mîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

you lie on your side.
תִּשְׁכַּ֣ב (tiš·kaḇ)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

• Ezekiel is told to lie down on his left side and put the iniquity of the house of Israel upon himself!
• And he must bear their iniquity for the days he lies on his side!
• Ezekiel is told to mime why is going to happen!

 

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70) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:5

For I
וַאֲנִ֗י (wa·’ă·nî)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 589: I

have assigned
נָתַ֤תִּֽי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

you the years
שְׁנֵ֣י (šə·nê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's 8141: A year

of their iniquity
עֲוֺנָ֔ם (‘ă·wō·nām)
Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

according to the number
לְמִסְפַּ֣ר (lə·mis·par)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration

of days
יָמִ֔ים (yā·mîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3117: A day

you lie down, 390
שְׁלֹשׁ־ (šə·lōš-)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

days;
י֑וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

so you will bear
וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ (wə·nā·śā·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

the iniquity
עֲוֺ֥ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of the house
בֵּֽית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Israel.
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃ (yiś·rā·’êl)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3478: Israel -- 'God strives', another name of Jacob and his desc

• A day for a year!
• Ezekiel must lie down for 390 days which corresponds to 390 years of the iniquity of the house of Israel!

 

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71) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:6

When you have completed
וְכִלִּיתָ֣ (wə·ḵil·lî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

these days,
אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

lie down
וְשָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜ (wə·šā·ḵaḇ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

again,
שֵׁנִ֔ית (šê·nîṯ)
Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

but on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your right
הַיְמָנִי֙ (hay·mā·nî)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3227: On the right hand

side,
צִדְּךָ֤ (ṣid·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

and bear
וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ (wə·nā·śā·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

the iniquity
עֲוֺ֣ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Judah.
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

I have assigned
נְתַתִּ֥יו (nə·ṯat·tîw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to you
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

40
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

days,
י֔וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

a day
י֧וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

for each year.
לַשָּׁנָ֛ה (laš·šā·nāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year

• First Ezekiel must lie down on his left side for the iniquity of Israel!
• Then on his right side for the iniquity of Judah!
• A day for a year!
• 390 days for Israel!
• And 40 days for Judah!
• There is no exception!
• Two condemnations!

 

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72) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:7

You must turn
תָּכִ֣ין (tā·ḵîn)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3559: To be erect

your face
פָּנֶ֔יךָ (pā·ne·ḵā)
Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6440: The face

toward
וְאֶל־ (wə·’el-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the siege
מְצ֤וֹר (mə·ṣō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

of Jerusalem
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ (yə·rū·šā·lim)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's 3389: Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel

with your arm
וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖ (ū·zə·rō·‘ă·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 2220: The arm, the foreleg, force

bared,
חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה (ḥă·śū·p̄āh)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular
Strong's 2834: To strip off, to make naked, to drain away, bail up

and prophesy
וְנִבֵּאתָ֖ (wə·nib·bê·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5012: To prophesy, speak, by inspiration

against it.
עָלֶֽיהָ׃ (‘ā·le·hā)
Preposition | third person feminine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

• Ezekiel must make a move toward the siege of Jerusalem!
• Then prophesy against it!
• It is not only saying words!
• But Ezekiel must use his body to feel the words he is going to say!
• First he must internalize the scene!
• Then his words will correspond to what he feels!
• It becomes personal!

 

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73) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL


Ezekiel 4:8

Now behold,
וְהִנֵּ֛ה (wə·hin·nêh)
Conjunctive waw | Interjection
Strong's 2009: Lo! behold!

I will tie you up
נָתַ֥תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

with ropes
עֲבוֹתִ֑ים (‘ă·ḇō·w·ṯîm)
Noun - common plural
Strong's 5688: Something intwined, a string, wreath, foliage

so you cannot
וְלֹֽא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

turn
תֵהָפֵ֤ךְ (ṯê·hā·p̄êḵ)
Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 2015: To turn about, over, to change, overturn, return, pervert

from side
מִֽצִּדְּךָ֙ (miṣ·ṣid·də·ḵā)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

to
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

side
צִדֶּ֔ךָ (ṣid·de·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

you have finished
כַּלּוֹתְךָ֖ (kal·lō·wṯ·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

the days
יְמֵ֥י (yə·mê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 3117: A day

of your siege.
מְצוּרֶֽךָ׃ (mə·ṣū·re·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4692: Something hemming in, a mound, a siege, distress, a fastness

• Ezekiel will be tied up with ropes!
• So he can’t move!
• Because he must finish the days of his siege!
• Thus Ezekiel must feel the siege of Jerusalem with his body!
• And he must obey God exactly!
• Everything has its importance!
• Every detail!

 

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74) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL



Ezekiel 4:9


But take

קַח־ (qaḥ-)

Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular

Strong's 3947: To take


wheat,

חִטִּ֡ין (ḥiṭ·ṭîn)

Noun - feminine plural

Strong's 2406: Wheat


barley,

וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים (ū·śə·‘ō·rîm)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural

Strong's 8184: Barley


beans,

וּפ֨וֹל (ū·p̄ō·wl)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 6321: A bean


lentils,

וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים (wa·‘ă·ḏā·šîm)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 5742: A lentil


millet,

וְדֹ֣חַן (wə·ḏō·ḥan)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1764: Millet


and spelt;

וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים (wə·ḵus·sə·mîm)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural

Strong's 3698: Spelt (a kind of wheat)


put

וְנָתַתָּ֤ה (wə·nā·ṯat·tāh)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 5414: To give, put, set


them in a single

אֶחָ֔ד (’e·ḥāḏ)

Number - masculine singular

Strong's 259: United, one, first


container

בִּכְלִ֣י (biḵ·lî)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus


and make

וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)

Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 6213: To do, make


them into bread

לְלָ֑חֶם (lə·lā·ḥem)

Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3899: Food, bread, grain


for yourself.

לְךָ֖ (lə·ḵā)

Preposition | second person masculine singular

Strong's Hebrew


[This is what] you are to eat

תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃ (tō·ḵă·len·nū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular

Strong's 398: To eat


during the

מִסְפַּ֨ר (mis·par)

Noun - masculine singular construct

Strong's 4557: A number, definite, indefinite, narration


390

שְׁלֹשׁ־ (šə·lōš-)

Number - feminine singular construct

Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice


days

י֖וֹם (yō·wm)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day


that

אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)

Pronoun - relative

Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that


you lie

שׁוֹכֵ֣ב (šō·w·ḵêḇ)

Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular

Strong's 7901: To lie down


on

עַֽל־ (‘al-)

Preposition

Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against


your side.

צִדְּךָ֗ (ṣid·də·ḵā)

Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

• Ezekiel is told to make bread for himself !
• So he can eat this bread for the 390 days he will lie down!
• Everything is well organized by God!
• As usual!
• Nothing happens by chance!
• Let’s do the same if we don’t want to have a bad surprise!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

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[JLG]

https://www.gotquestions.org/life-Ezekiel.html


Ezekiel, whose name means “strengthened by God,” grew up in Jerusalem, where he trained to be a priest in the temple. He was among the second group of captives taken to Babylon along with King Jehoiachin about 597 BC. While in Babylon Ezekiel became a prophet of God; he is the author of the Old Testament book that bears his name.


Ezekiel’s ministry began with condemnation and judgment of the nation Judah. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Ezekiel’s prophecies speak of hope for the future. Ezekiel wanted to help the people learn from their failures. He announced impending judgment upon the nations that surrounded Judah and reestablished hope for the restoration of Israel. His vision of the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37) pictures new life being breathed into the nation. That prophecy will be ultimately fulfilled in the millennial reign of Christ on earth.


Ezekiel’s first vision was of God’s throne and included descriptions of four living creatures and whirling wheels. Ezekiel also had detailed visions of a new temple (Ezekiel 40—43), a restored Jerusalem (Ezekiel 48:30–35), the millennium (chapter 44), and the land in which God’s people will reside (Ezekiel 47:13–23). Israel and Judah will once again be restored to unity from the ends of the earth as God’s glory also returns and God dwells among His people. These beautiful visions of Ezekiel concern both the immediate and the long-term plans of God.


Ezekiel delivered God’s messages with straightforward language that everyone could understand, whether they listened or not (Ezekiel 2:7). Ezekiel himself was called to be a watchman, and God warned him that, if he did not faithfully warn of the punishment for not following God, he would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins (Ezekiel 33:8–9). He did not hesitate in his mission and steadfastly followed God’s instructions. Ezekiel had a passionate view of judgment and hope, and he reflected God’s own sorrow over the people’s sins.

 

[JLG]

Ezekiel’s sorrow was compounded by the death of his wife (Ezekiel 24)—an event that God forbade him to weep over. God used the death of Ezekiel’s wife as a sign to the people of Judah. Just as the prophet lost his wife, the people of Judah would lose their temple. And, just as Ezekiel did not show outward signs of mourning, the Jews would be overwhelmed to the point of silence by the sorrow they felt.


The prophet Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime, yet he doggedly expressed God’s desire that the wicked not die but turn from their wicked ways and live. His periodic speechlessness during his early years was broken when God empowered him to speak, and his tongue was loosened to speak the longest passage of sustained hope in the Bible. The burning, chopping, and scattering of his hair represented the fall of Jerusalem and the bringing back of God’s remnant (chapter 5). The hopeful words climax in the promise of everlasting possession of the land, an everlasting Davidic prince, an everlasting covenant, and an everlasting sanctuary in Israel (Ezekiel 11:16–21).


Ezekiel’s visions leap far ahead to a time when Israel will face an invasion by a coalition of nations led by a country from the north. The nations threatening Israel will be utterly defeated by the direct intervention of the Lord (Ezekiel 38—39). This future victory demonstrates two things of note for the Jews in captivity: 1) their nation would be restored, and 2) after that final restoration, no enemy will ever successfully invade the Holy Land again. Ezekiel also sees the glory of the Lord return to the temple in chapter 43—the same glory that had departed in chapter 10.


Ezekiel has shown all Christians that we are to be obedient to God’s call on our lives. God told Ezekiel to groan with a broken heart and bitter grief for the coming judgment, and, through his dramatic book, Ezekiel tells us the same thing. Judgment is coming! It will surely take place, declares the Sovereign Lord. We, like Ezekiel, can warn others, and we can also share with them the good news of salvation in Jesus Christ.


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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

 

[JLG]

He was among the second group of captives taken to Babylon along with King Jehoiachin about 597 BC.


Ezekiel’s ministry began with condemnation and judgment of the nation Judah. After the destruction of Jerusalem, Ezekiel’s prophecies speak of hope for the future. Ezekiel wanted to help the people learn from their failures. He announced impending judgment upon the nations that surrounded Judah and reestablished hope for the restoration of Israel. His vision of the valley of dry bones (Ezekiel 37) pictures new life being breathed into the nation. That prophecy will be ultimately fulfilled in the millennial reign of Christ on earth.

• Yes, condemnation and judgment!
• Then hope for the future!
• But it is necessary to learn from our failures!
• Each one of us must do his part!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

 

[JLG]

- Ezekiel delivered God’s messages with straightforward language that everyone could understand, whether they listened or not!
- Ezekiel himself was called to be a watchman, and God warned him that, if he did not faithfully warn of the punishment for not following God, he would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins!
- He did not hesitate in his mission and steadfastly followed God’s instructions!
- Ezekiel had a passionate view of judgment and hope, and he reflected God’s own sorrow over the people’s sins!

- Ezekiel’s sorrow was compounded by the death of his wife —an event that God forbade him to weep over!
- God used the death of Ezekiel’s wife as a sign to the people of Judah!
- Just as the prophet lost his wife, the people of Judah would lose their temple!
- And, just as Ezekiel did not show outward signs of mourning, the Jews would be overwhelmed to the point of silence by the sorrow they felt!

- The prophet Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime, yet he doggedly expressed God’s desire that the wicked not die but turn from their wicked ways and live!
- His periodic speechlessness during his early years was broken when God empowered him to speak, and his tongue was loosened to speak the longest passage of sustained hope in the Bible!
- The burning, chopping, and scattering of his hair represented the fall of Jerusalem and the bringing back of God’s remnant (chapter 5)!
- The hopeful words climax in the promise of everlasting possession of the land, an everlasting Davidic prince, an everlasting covenant, and an everlasting sanctuary in Israel!

- Ezekiel is definitely a prophet of Yah·weh!

- He would incessantly tell God's word!

- And his message was a message of condemnation and judgment!

- But there is also hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

__________________________________________________________________________

 

[JLG]

Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

____________________________________________________________

 

[JLG]

75) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL



Ezekiel 4:10


You are to weigh out

בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל (bə·miš·qō·wl)

Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 4946: Heaviness, weight


twenty

עֶשְׂרִ֥ים (‘eś·rîm)

Number - common plural

Strong's 6242: Twenty, twentieth


shekels

שֶׁ֖קֶל (še·qel)

Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 8255: A weight, a commercial standard


of food

וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙ (ū·ma·’ă·ḵā·lə·ḵā)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular

Strong's 3978: An eatable


to eat

תֹּאכֲלֶ֔נּוּ (tō·ḵă·len·nū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular

Strong's 398: To eat


each day,

לַיּ֑וֹם (lay·yō·wm)

Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 3117: A day


and you are to eat it

תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃ (tō·ḵă·len·nū)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular

Strong's 398: To eat


at set times.

מֵעֵ֥ת (mê·‘êṯ)

Preposition-m | Noun - common singular

Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

• Yah.weh gives Ezekiel specific instructions he must follow precisely!
• He has to do exactly as he is told!
• In this verse it is about food and when to eat!
• Representing Yah.weh is a serious matter!
• There is no room for tourism!
• It’s not like going to a restaurant!
• You can’t choose what you want!
• You are told what to do!
• Yah.weh is Yah.weh and man is man!
• Man often forgets that basic principle!

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

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Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

____________________________________________________________

 

[JLG]

76) LOOKING FOR EZEKIEL



Ezekiel 4:11


You are also to measure out

בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה (bim·śū·rāh)

Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular

Strong's 4884: A measure


a sixth

שִׁשִּׁ֣ית (šiš·šîṯ)

Number - ordinal feminine singular construct

Strong's 8345: Sixth, ord, fractional


of a hin

הַהִ֑ין (ha·hîn)

Article | Noun - masculine singular

Strong's 1969: A hin (a liquid measure)


of water

וּמַ֛יִם (ū·ma·yim)

Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural

Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen


to drink,

תִשְׁתֶּ֖ה (ṯiš·teh)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 8354: To imbibe


and you are to drink it

תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃ (tiš·teh)

Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular

Strong's 8354: To imbibe


at set times.

מֵעֵ֥ת (mê·‘êṯ)

Preposition-m | Noun - common singular

Strong's 6256: Time, now, when

• Ezekiel is also told how much water he must drink!
• And when!
• He must prepare for what is coming!
• He must adapt to his message of condemnation and judgment!

 

[Bruce_Leiter]

In this chapter Daniel tells us about a vision : four huge beasts come out of the sea.

- a lion with eagle’s wings, they are plucked and it starts to stand on two feet like a man and it receives a man’s heart.

- a bear with three ribs in the mouth and it must eat flesh.

- a leopard with four wings and four heads, it receives authority to rule.

- a fourth beast unusually strong with great iron teeth and with ten horns

- then a small horn comes up

- and three of the first ones are plucked up

- and this small horn has eyes and a mouth to speak arrogantly.

- Then thrones appear and the Ancient of Days sit down, he has white clothes and his hair is like wool, his throne is on fire and the throne has also wheels which are on fire.

- A thousand thousands is ministering him

- and ten thousand times stand before him.

- Then the Court takes its seat and books are opened.

- A beast is killed and burnt and the others stay alive for a time and a season.

- a son of man comes and he approaches the Ancient of Days : he receives rulership, honor and a kingdom so that peoples, nation,s and langage groups serve him.

- He will rule for ever and his kingdom won’t be destroyed.

- four beasts mean four kings who will stand up.

- The holy ones of the Supreme One will receive the kingdom and they will possess the kingdom.

- The beast with iron teeth and copper claws devours and crushes and tramples what’s left with its feet. And it has ten horns on its head

- And the horn with the eyes and the mouth is having war with the holy ones and it prevails against them.


- But the Ancient of Days renders a judgment in favor of the holy ones who take possession of the kingdom.

- So the fourth beast is a fourth kingdom which comes on earth and which is different from all the other kingdoms. It will devour the earth, trample it down and crush it.

- From that kingdom rise ten kings,

- and after them another one, different from the others and he will humiliate three kings,

- he will speak against the most High

- and harass the holy ones of the Supreme One

- and he will try to change times and law

- and they will be given into his hands for a time, times and half a time.

- But his rulership will be taken away

- and he will be destroyed completely.

- Then the holy ones of the Supreme One will get the rulership over all the kingdoms

- and their kingdom will last forever.

You don't identify the "Son of Man," who is obviously Jesus, whom the nations will worship. And he is also equal with the Ancient of Days, who is the Father, with whom Jesus rules the nations. We know these references because Jesus' favorite title for himself is Son of Man.

 

[JLG]

You don't identify the "Son of Man," who is obviously Jesus, whom the nations will worship. And he is also equal with the Ancient of Days, who is the Father, with whom Jesus rules the nations. We know these references because Jesus' favorite title for himself is Son of Man.

1) should serve Him.
יִפְלְח֑וּן (yip̄·lə·ḥūn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 6399: To pay reverence to, serve

2)
https://biblehub.com/hebrew/6399.htm

Strong's Concordance

pelach: to pay reverence to, serve​

Original Word: פְלַח
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: pelach
Phonetic Spelling: (pel-akh')
Definition: to pay reverence to, serve

Englishman's Concordance
Ezra 7:24
HEB: תָרָֽעַיָּא֙ נְתִ֣ינַיָּ֔א וּפָ֣לְחֵ֔י בֵּ֖ית אֱלָהָ֣א
NAS: Nethinim or servants of this
KJV: Nethinims, or ministers of this
INT: doorkeepers Nethinim servants house of God
Daniel 3:12
HEB: ק) לָ֣א פָלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א
NAS: have disregarded you; they do not serve your gods
KJV: thee: they serve not
INT: God not serve image the golden
Daniel 3:14
HEB: לָ֤א אִֽיתֵיכוֹן֙ פָּֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א
NAS: that you do not serve my gods
KJV: do not ye serve my gods, nor
INT: not you do serve image the golden
Daniel 3:17
HEB: דִּֽי־ אֲנַ֣חְנָא פָֽלְחִ֔ין יָכִ֖ל לְשֵׁיזָבוּתַ֑נָא
NAS: whom we serve is able
KJV: whom we serve is
INT: whom we serve is able to deliver
Daniel 3:18
HEB: (אִיתַ֣נָא ק) פָֽלְחִ֔ין וּלְצֶ֧לֶם דַּהֲבָ֛א
NAS: to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods
KJV: that we will not serve thy gods, nor
INT: not we serve image the golden
Daniel 3:28
HEB: דִּ֠י לָֽא־ יִפְלְח֤וּן וְלָֽא־ יִסְגְּדוּן֙
NAS: so as not to serve or worship
KJV: that they might not serve nor
INT: who not to serve nor worship
Daniel 6:16
HEB: (אַ֤נְתְּ ק) פָּֽלַֽח־ לֵהּ֙ בִּתְדִירָ֔א
NAS: you constantly serve will Himself
KJV: whom thou servest continually,
INT: whom as for thee serve constantly will Himself
Daniel 6:20
HEB: (אַ֤נְתְּ ק) פָּֽלַֽח־ לֵהּ֙ בִּתְדִירָ֔א
NAS: you constantly serve, been able
KJV: is thy God, whom thou servest continually,
INT: whom whom serve constantly been
Daniel 7:14
HEB: וְלִשָּׁנַיָּ֖א לֵ֣הּ יִפְלְח֑וּן שָׁלְטָנֵ֞הּ שָׁלְטָ֤ן
NAS: and [men of every] language Might serve Him. His dominion
KJV: and languages, should serve him: his dominion
INT: nations language serve his dominion dominion
Daniel 7:27
HEB: שָׁלְטָ֣נַיָּ֔א לֵ֥הּ יִפְלְח֖וּן וְיִֽשְׁתַּמְּעֽוּן׃
NAS: the dominions will serve and obey
KJV: dominions shall serve and obey
INT: and all the dominions will serve and obey

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
minister, serve
(Aramaic) corresponding to palach; to serve or worship -- minister, serve.

 

[JLG]

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Remember that:

• Ezekiel would be held accountable for the blood of those who died in their sins if he didn’t transmit Yah.weh’s message!
• Ezekiel experienced considerable opposition during his own lifetime because of Yah.weh’s message of condemnation for Judah!
• But he would incessantly say God's word!
• A message of condemnation and judgment and destruction and hope!

____________________________________________________________
Remember:

• If you think like today’s people, you will never understand the Bible!
• They used to write differently!
• They used to speak differently!
• They used to think differently!
• They used to act differently!

____________________________________________________________