Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 4:7-8
Ezekiel 4:7-8. Thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem Thou shalt look toward Jerusalem, or toward the portraiture of it upon the tile, with a threatening countenance, as men do toward the city which they are besieging. And thine arm shall be uncovered Or, stretched out, as the Vulgate reads it. Their habits were anciently so contrived, that their right arms were disengaged from their upper garments, that they might be the more ready for action. So ancient statues and... read more
Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 4:8
I will lay bands upon thee - Contrast margin reference. The Lord will put constraint upon him, to cause him to exercise his office. In the retirement of his house, figuratively bound and under constraint, he shall not cease to proclaim the doom of the city.The days of thy siege - Those during which he should thus foretell the approaching calamity. read more