In eastern countries where fuel is scarce the want is supplied by dried cow-dung laid up for the winter. Barley cakes were (and are) baked under hot ashes without an oven. The dung here is to be burned to ashes, and the ashes so employed. read more
Ezekiel 4:9. Take thou also wheat and barley, &c. In times of scarcity it is usual for people to mix a great deal of the coarse kinds of grain with a little of the better sort, to make their provisions last the longer. This Ezekiel was commanded to do, to signify the scarcity, and the coarse fare the inhabitants should have in the siege of the city. Three hundred and ninety days thou shalt eat thereof During which time the siege lasted: see Ezekiel 4:8. The forty days, mentioned... read more
Ezekiel 4:10-12. And thy meat shall be by weight twenty shekels, &c. In sieges it is common to stint every one to a certain allowance, by which means they can guess how long their provisions will last: twenty shekels is but ten ounces; a short allowance for a day’s sustenance. From time to time shalt thou eat of it This shall be thy daily allowance during the whole three hundred and ninety days. Thou shalt drink also water by measure In sieges it is usual for the enemy to cut off... read more
4:1-7:27 JUDGMENT AGAINST JERUSALEMSiege and exile (4:1-17)Prophets often acted their messages instead of, or in addition to, speaking them. Ezekiel drew a rough picture of Jerusalem on a brick, placed the brick on the ground, then with sticks, stones, clay and markings in the sand, he modelled a siege of the city. The message to the exiles was that they had no chance of an early return to Jerusalem. On the contrary, Jerusalem could expect further attack. God would not defend the city; rather... read more
Ftches, in English, is another spelling of vetches, is plant having tendrils. But the Hebrew - kaseemeth is defined as trlticum spetla, or spelled, a kind of eon), always distinguished from wheat, barley, &c. Compare Ex. Eze 9:32 .Isaiah 28:25 . Here, in plural. read more
shekels . See App-51 . read more
bake it with = bake it upon. Compare Ezekiel 4:15 . man. Hebrew. 'adam. App-14 . read more
"Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; according to the number of days that thou shalt lie on thy side, even three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a bin.' from time to time shalt thou drink."In this... read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 4:11
Water by measure - This probably corresponds to the water of affliction 1 Kings 22:27; Isaiah 30:20. The measure of the hin is variously estimated by Jewish writers. The sixth part of a hin will be according to one estimate about 610ths, according to another 910ths of a pint. The lesser estimate is more suitable here. read more