Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

Commentaries

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

An iron pan - Another figure in the coming siege. On Assyrian sculptures from Nimroud and Kouyunjik there are sieges of cities with “forts, …

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

An iron pan. —The margin gives the meaning more accurately, a flat plate. It was used for baking cakes (see Leviticus 2:5

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

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…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Moreover take to yourself an iron pan. Which Kimchi thinks, for its metal, represented the hardness of the hearts of the …

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

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…