Lay siege against it - The prophet is represented as doing what he portrays. The leading features of a siege are depicted. See the note on J…

Lay siege against it. — It must have seemed at this time unlikely that Jerusalem would soon become the subject of another siege. T…

Here God begins to speak more openly through His servant, and not to speak only, but to signify by an outward symbol what He wishes to be uttered b…

And lay siege against it In his own person, as in (Ezekiel 4:3); or draw the form of a siege, or figure of an…

The prophet was to represent the siege of Jerusalem by signs. He was to lie on his left side for a number of days, understood to be equal to the ye…