1 THOU also, son of man,
take thee aa tile, and lay it before
theea, and
bpourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
2 And alay siege against it,
and bbuild a fort against it, and ccast a
dmount against it; set the camp also against it, and set
ebattering rams against it round about.
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1a take thee a tile, and lay it before
thee Like a child playing a game or a military commander laying
out a plan with miniture objects, Ezekiel is told to represent before his
own eyes that which will come upon Jerusalem in its coming destruction. More
than words heard the visual effect of this three diminsional model would have
engrained the actual events which would occur in the destruction of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel likely played this model out before various companies of Jews in
Babylon to demonstrate his prophecy from the Lord against those left in the
city of Jerusalem.
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