Ezekiel 4:5

Ezekiel 4:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
• English Standard Version (ESV)For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment. So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.
• New King James Version (NKJV)For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Context of Ezekiel 4:5

3Then take an iron pan, and set it up as a wall between you and the city. Turn your face toward the city as if you were going to attack it, and then attack it. This is a sign for the people of Israel. 4“Then lie on your left side and take the punishment of the nation of Israel yourself. You will bear its punishment as many days as you lie on that side. I have assigned to you one day for each year its punishment will last. So for 390 days, you will bear the punishment for the sins of the nation of Israel. 6When you finish this, you will lie down again, this time on your right side. You will bear the punishment for the sins of the nation of Judah for 40 days, one day for each year I have assigned to you. 7Turn your face toward the blockaded Jerusalem. Shake your fist and prophesy against it.

Ezekiel 4:5 word by word

וַאֲנִ֗י נָתַ֤תִּֽי לְךָ֙ אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עֲוֹנָ֔ם לְמִסְפַּ֣ר יָמִ֔ים שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֖ים י֑וֹם וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ עֲוֹ֥ן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For I have laidנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• upon thee the yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of their iniquityעָוֺן‛âvôn ‛âvôn · iniquity: punishmentH5771
• according to the numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• so shalt thou bearנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: guiltH5375
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: householdH1004
• of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478

Cross-references for Ezekiel 4:5

• Isaiah 53:6We have all strayed like sheep. Each one of us has turned to go his own way, and the Lord has laid all our sins on him.
• 1 Kings 12:33He went to his altar in Bethel to burn an offering on the fifteenth day of the eighth month, ⌞the festival⌟ he had invented for the Israelites.
• Jeremiah 52:30In Nebuchadnezzar’s twenty-third year as king, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, took away 745 Jews. In all, 4,600 people were taken away.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 4:5

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5According to the number of the days - Or, “to be to thee as a number of days (even as)” etc. Compare the margin reference. Some conceive that these “days” were the years during which Israel and Judah sinned, and date in the case of Israel from Jeroboam‘s rebellion to the time at which Ezekiel wrote (circa 390 years); and in the case of Judah from Josiah‘s reformation. But it seems more in accordance with the other “signs,” to suppose that they represent…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5Israel refers to the entire covenant community, not just the northern kingdom. The number 390 has been interpreted in different ways. A likely explanation is that 390 represents years. It may refer to the time from early in Solomon’s reign, which lasted from 971 to 931 BC, to the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC (see 2 Kings 25:3–7).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. three hundred and ninety days--The three hundred ninety years of punishment appointed for Israel, and forty for Judah, cannot refer to the siege of Jerusalem. That siege is referred to in Eze 4:1-3, and in a sense restricted to the literal siege, but comprehending the whole train of punishment to be inflicted for their sin; therefore we read here merely of its sore pressure, not of its result. The sum of three hundred ninety and forty years is four…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 4:5

• Instruction
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In the dictionaries

• Israel
• Care
• Cherub
• Living creatures
• Agabus
• Hosea
• Lay; Laying
• Zedekiah (2)

Commentaries on Ezekiel 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings