a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)אָדָם֙
ʼâdâm
ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)קַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)לְךָ֣
le-
to/for you/your (m.s.)לְבֵנָ֔ה
lᵉbênâh
a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)וְנָתַתָּ֥ה
nâthan
and — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)אוֹתָ֖הּ
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)לְפָנֶ֑יךָ
pânîym
to/for — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)וְחַקּוֹתָ֥
châqaq
and — properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or (gen.) prescribeעָלֶ֛יהָ
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsעִ֖יר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)אֶת
ʼêth
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)יְרוּשָׁלִָֽם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
Ezekiel 4:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
AMPLIFIED · 1 of 3
“Now you, son of man, take
Narrator's Aside
A tiny clay model of Jerusalem staged under siege - Ezekiel's first and most literal enacted sign, street theater turning prophecy into some…a brick
Narrator's Aside
A tiny clay model of Jerusalem staged under siege - Ezekiel's first and most literal enacted sign, street theater turning prophecy into some…, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.
Narrator's Aside
A tiny clay model of Jerusalem staged under siege - Ezekiel's first and most literal enacted sign, street theater turning prophecy into some…
This is the first of Ezekiel's sign-acts proper, street theater staged for the exiles to watch, turning the coming siege into something they could see and count in real time.
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Today's memory verse · from this session
““Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.”
This is the first of Ezekiel's sign-acts proper, street theater staged for the exiles to watch, turning the coming siege into something they could see and count in real time.