El panorama
Ezequiel 4 abre con “Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it…”, cambia cerca del versículo 9 con “Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and…” y termina con “That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away…”. Estos puntos trazan el movimiento propio del capítulo desde su inicio hasta su conclusión.
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Ezequiel · Versión King James · 17Ezequiel 4:1-6
Versículos 1–6: Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and…
Ezequiel 4:1–6 abre con “Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city…” y llega a “And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Ezequiel 4 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:” Nombrar a Jerusalem y Thou mantiene el relato unido a personas o lugares concretos. Sigue dónde reaparece el nombre y qué cambia a su alrededor.
“And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and…” Los términos propios de esta línea incluyen battering, build, camp. Su relación con los versículos 1 y 3 permite comprobar su función dentro del pasaje.
“Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
Ezequiel 4:1-6
Versión King James1Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
2And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
3Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
4Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
5For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
Ezequiel 4:7-12
Versículos 7–12: Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and…
Ezequiel 4:7–12 abre con “Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be…” y llega a “And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Ezequiel 4 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt…” Esta línea aporta una razón, un resultado o una conclusión. Debe permanecer unida a la afirmación o acción que le da sentido.
“And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended…” El número one hace concreto el relato. Antes de decidir su peso, observa si mide tiempo, personas, distancia, repetición o totalidad.
Ezequiel 4:7-12
Versión King James7Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
Ezequiel 4:13-17
Versículos 13–17: The LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled…
Ezequiel 4:13–17 abre con “And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the…” y llega a “That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their…” en su último versículo. Ese recorrido desarrolla Ezequiel 4 se desarrolla mediante sus propias voces, acciones, afirmaciones y consecuencias.
Contexto que da vida al pasaje
“And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will…” El mandato no se entiende solo por el verbo. El destinatario, el propósito y su lugar dentro del pacto o argumento definen la responsabilidad.
“Then said I, Ah Lord GOD ! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten…” El versículo nombra a Lord en vez de dejar la acción sin una fuente. Observa si la línea siguiente continúa, responde o contrasta esa acción.
Ezequiel 4:13-17
Versión King James13And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD ! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Detalles que vale la pena notar
La imagen inicial
Ezekiel 4:1 comienza con “Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:”
Dónde cambia el capítulo
Ezekiel 4:7 forma un giro natural: “Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.”
La nota final
Ezekiel 4:17 deja al lector con “That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.”
Un recorrido de palabras por el capítulo
Las palabras days, bread, iniquity, house, Israel, side ayudan a revelar las preocupaciones que se repiten en el capítulo.
Primero el texto
Donde difieren los lectores
El resumen comienza con lo que dice el pasaje y cómo se relacionan sus partes. No supone que una denominación ya haya resuelto cada pregunta. Toda dependencia de una tradición, teoría literaria o reconstrucción histórica se identifica con claridad.
El texto KJV aparece primero. Las conclusiones interpretativas se identifican, y las diferencias se presentan cuando ayudan a explicar por qué las comunidades serias no siempre llegan a la misma respuesta.
Las notas interpretativas comparativas de este capítulo están en preparación. Hasta que las notas revisadas estén listas, esta página separa el texto KJV del resumen y la aplicación sin afirmar que todos los lectores serios coinciden en cada cuestión.