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Eze. 4:1-3

1 Thou also, son [ben] of man [adam], take [laqach] thee a tile [labenah], and lay [nathan] it before [paniym] thee, and pourtray [chaqaq] upon it the city [iyr], even Jerusalem [Yaruwshalaim]:
2 And lay [nathan] siege [matsowr] against it, and build [banah] a fort [dayeq] against it, and cast [shaphak] a mount [colalah] against it; set [nathan] the camp [machaneh] also against it, and set [suwm] battering rams [kar] against it round about [cabiyb].
3 Moreover take [laqach] thou unto thee an iron [barzel] pan [machabath], and set [nathan] it for a wall [qiyr] of iron [barzel] between thee and the city [iyr]: and set [kuwn] thy face [paniym] against it, and it shall be besieged [matsowr], and thou shalt lay siege [tsuwr] against it. This shall be a sign [owth] to the house [bayith] of Israel [Yisra'el]. KJV-Interlinear

1 'Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you, and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem. 2 'Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 'Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel. NASB

Now Ezekiel is going to set up the picture of the last and final siege of Jerusalem, in which the city will finally be destroyed and the horrors of its fall will be far beyond that which anyone could ever imagine. In this siege and fall, two-thirds of the city's population will be killed or die in a horrible fashion.

First a little clarification of the historical events of the time.

In the early to mid 700's BC, the Assyrian Empire invaded the Northern Kingdom called Israel and Samaria, and destroyed that nation. Most of the population was killed or carried off into captivity.

Then the Chaldean Empire (Babylon) came onto the scene. Under Nebuchadnezzar, the Chaldeans invaded the Middle East, ran past Judah and into Egypt. After defeating Egypt, Nebuchadnezzar returned to Jerusalem and attacked it and took it. This, in the early 600's BC, was the first deportation of the Israelites out of Jerusalem. Daniel was included in this first deportation group.

Some years later, after the revolt of Zedekiah, Jerusalem resisted Babylon and was again attacked. This resulted in he second deportation of Jews out of Jerusalem, to Babylon. Ezekiel was in this second deportation group.

Resistance continued against Babylon, and within just a few more years after the second deportation, Nebuchadnezzar attacked Jerusalem again, and that will become the third and final deportation of its occupants. Only one-third of the city's population will survive this last attack and the entire city will be destroyed. It is this third and final event of which Ezekiel is currently prophesying.

Ezekiel is commanded to take up a brick, and on that brick, write (or inscribe) the name of the city of Jerusalem. The brick represents the city of Jerusalem.

Around the sides of that brick he was to draw pictures of military equipment, siege work towers, walls, camps, and battering-rams. These drawings on the brick were to represent the enemy siege of the city of Jerusalem.

Last he was to take a pan, a flat pan, an example of which every household would have in their kitchen for the purpose of baking their daily breads and meals, and take that pan and place it on edge between himself (Ezekiel) and the brick (Jerusalem).

Ezekiel is the prophet. A prophet teaches or communicates the Word of God to the people of the city. But, this city was a negative city, and the pan which represents their bread or provisions from heaven, would be turned sideways so that it could hold nothing, and would at the same time become a barrier through which no communication would come from God.

Ezekiel is teaching these things to those who are resident with him in captivity. They are the remnant and need to learn that negative volition toward God will result in total destruction of the nation. They can learn it all now and then get their lives back in due course, or they can continue to resist God and let their lives continue in a downfall spiral into oblivion and self destruction.

The lesson is of course simple. Lead your life away from God and your will eventually face your own siege (the world against you) and self destruction. So long as God remains with you or tries to communicate to you, His Word, then you have a chance to turn your life around. But, when God finally decides that you are not going to change, then he will place a hardened wall (the baking pan) between Himself and you, and your life is for all intents and purposes, cut off from all help. What is left for you is lamentation, mourning, and woe. Definitely not a good position to be in at anytime in your life.

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