Two things are prefigured in the remainder of this chapter:

1. The hardships of exile,
2. The severity of a siege.

To…

Take thou also unto thee wheat.— The grains enumerated are of all kinds, from the best to the worst, indicating that ever…

It is undoubtedly true that this verse applies to the siege, because God indicates that the city would then suffer famine. A little later, however,…

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and
lentiles, and millet, and fitches