Ezekiel 4:9

Ezekiel 4:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
• New International Version (NIV)“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.

Context of Ezekiel 4:9

7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it. 8Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege. “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, put them in a single container, and make food from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days – you will eat it. 10The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times. 11And you must drink water by measure, a pint and a half; you must drink it at fixed times.

Ezekiel 4:9 word by word

וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֡ חִטִּ֡ין וּ֠שְׂעֹרִים וּפ֨וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים וְדֹ֣חַן וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בִּכְלִ֣י אֶחָ֔ד וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ אוֹתָ֛ם לְךָ֖ לְלָ֑חֶם מִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה׀ שׁוֹכֵ֣ב עַֽל־צִדְּךָ֗ שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֧וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים י֖וֹם תֹּאכֲלֶֽנּוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• thou also unto thee wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
• and barleyשְׂעֹרָהώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôrâh ώe‛ôr ώe‛ôr · barleyH8184
• and beansפּוֹלpôl · beanH6321
• and lentilesעֲדָשָׁה‛âdâsh · lentilH5742
• and milletדֹּ֫חַןdôchan · milletH1764
• and fitchesכֻּסֶּ֫מֶתkûssemeth · speltH3698
• and putנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• them in oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
• vesselכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• and makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• thee breadלֶ֫חֶםlechem · food: breadH3899
• to the numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• of the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• that thou shalt lieשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: lay downH7901
• upon thy sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
• threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• and ninetyתִּשְׁעִיםtish‛îym · ninetyH8673
• shalt thou eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398

Cross-references for Ezekiel 4:9

• Ezekiel 4:13And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them.”
• Ezekiel 4:5I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days for you – 390 days. So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 4:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Take thou also unto thee wheat - In times of scarcity, it is customary in all countries to mix several kinds of coarser grain with the finer, to make it last the longer. This mashlin, which the prophet is commanded to take, of wheat, barley, beans, lentiles, millet, and fitches, was intended to show how scarce the necessaries of life should be during the siege.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9Two things are prefigured in the remainder of this chapter, (1) the hardships of exile, (2) the straitness of a siege. To the people of Israel, separated from the rest of the nations as holy, it was a leading feature in the calamities of their exile that they must be mixed up with other nations, and eat of their food, which to the Jews was a defilement (compare Ezekiel 4:13; Amos 7:17; Daniel 1:8.) Fitches - A species of wheat with shorn ears. In one…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-17Verses 9-17 The bread which was Ezekiel's support, was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and of this he was only to take a small quantity. Thus was figured the extremity to which the Jews were to be reduced during the siege and captivity. Ezekiel does not plead, Lord, from my youth I have been brought up delicately, and never used to any thing like this; but that he had been brought up…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-17The near-starvation diet of eight ounces of food and a jar of water each day represents siege rations. This reflects a desperate situation where there was not enough of any one type of grain to make a whole loaf.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. wheat ... barley, &c.--Instead of simple flour used for delicate cakes (Ge 18:6), the Jews should have a coarse mixture of six different kinds of grain, such as the poorest alone would eat. fitches--spelt or dhourra. three hundred and ninety--The forty days are omitted, since these latter typify the wilderness period when Israel stood separate from the Gentiles and their pollution, though partially chastened by stint of bread and water (Eze 4:16)…Read the comment

Topics related to Ezekiel 4:9

• Bean
• Fitch
• Instruction
• Lentiles
• Millet
• Rye (Spelt, Rsv)
• Symbols and Similitudes

In the dictionaries

• Care
• Cherub
• Fitches
• Living creatures
• Millet
• Rye
• Agabus
• Barley
• Beans
• Food

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