The Meaning of Ezekiel 4:7 Explained

Ezekiel 4:7

KJV: Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

YLT: And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm is uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.

Darby: And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

ASV: And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore thou shalt set  thy face  toward the siege  of Jerusalem,  and thine arm  [shall be] uncovered,  and thou shalt prophesy  against it. 

What does Ezekiel 4:7 Mean?

Chapter Summary: Ezekiel 4

1  Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
9  By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine

What do the individual words in Ezekiel 4:7 mean?

Therefore toward the siege of Jerusalem you shall set your face and your arm [shall be] uncovered and you shall prophesy against it
וְאֶל־ מְצ֤וֹר יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙ תָּכִ֣ין פָּנֶ֔יךָ וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖ חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה וְנִבֵּאתָ֖ עָלֶֽיהָ

וְאֶל־  Therefore  toward 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition
Root: אֶל  
Sense: to, toward, unto (of motion).
מְצ֤וֹר  the  siege 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: מָצֹור 
Sense: siege-enclosure, siege, entrenchment, siege works.
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֙ם֙  of  Jerusalem 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
תָּכִ֣ין  you  shall  set 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, second person masculine singular
Root: כּוּן 
Sense: to be firm, be stable, be established.
פָּנֶ֔יךָ  your  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person masculine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖  and  your  arm 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, feminine singular construct, second person masculine singular
Root: זְרֹועַ  
Sense: arm, forearm, shoulder, strength.
חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה  [shall  be]  uncovered 
Parse: Verb, Qal, QalPassParticiple, feminine singular
Root: חֲשׂוּפַי 
Sense: to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out.
וְנִבֵּאתָ֖  and  you  shall  prophesy 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: נָבָא  
Sense: to prophesy.
עָלֶֽיהָ  against  it 
Parse: Preposition, third person feminine singular
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.

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