Ezekiel 4:8

Ezekiel 4:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

Context of Ezekiel 4:8

6When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year. 7Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege. 9“But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet and spelt, put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days. 10Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.

Ezekiel 4:8 word by word

וְהִנֵּ֛ה נָתַ֥תִּי עָלֶ֖יךָ עֲבוֹתִ֑ים וְלֹֽא־תֵהָפֵ֤ךְ מִֽצִּדְּךָ֙ אֶל־צִדֶּ֔ךָ עַד־כַּלּוֹתְךָ֖ יְמֵ֥י מְצוּרֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear

• Now beholdהִנֵּהhinnêh · beholdH2009
• putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• ropesעֲבֹת‛ăbôth ‛ăbôth ‛ăbôthâh · cordH5688
• on you so that you cannotלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• turnהָפַךְhâphak · to overturnH2015
• from one sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
• untilעַד‛ad · tillH5704
• you have completedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of your siegeמָצוֹרmâtsôr mâtsûr · siegeH4692

Cross-references for Ezekiel 4:8

• Ezekiel 3:25As for you, son of man, they will put ropes on you and bind you with them so that you cannot go out among them.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 4:8

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 8I will lay bands upon thee - Contrast margin reference. The Lord will put constraint upon him, to cause him to exercise his office. In the retirement of his house, figuratively bound and under constraint, he shall not cease to proclaim the doom of the city. The days of thy siege - Those during which he should thus foretell the approaching calamity.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-8The prophet’s second sign act was connected to the first. This time, he acted out the roles of both God and the people suffering during the siege. As someone suffering in the siege, he was tied with ropes (Ezekiel 4:8). He had to lie in one position. He may not have stayed like this all the time during the 14 months. Instead, he may have performed this sign each day. When Ezekiel represented Israel, he symbolically bore Israel’s sins. This means he acted…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. bands--(Eze 3:25). not turn from ... side--to imply the impossibility of their being able to shake off the punishment.Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 4:8

• Instruction
• Pantomime
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Care
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• Agabus
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• Hosea
• 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