Ezekiel 4:5
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Ezekiel 4:5 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Ezekiel 4:5 is a verse from the book of Ezekiel in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety day..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Ezekiel 4:5 — KJV
“For 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.”
— Ezekiel 4:5 (KJV)
Ezekiel 4:5 in Context — About the Book of Ezekiel
Ezekiel saw heaven opened from a refugee camp in Babylon — wheels of fire, a valley of dry bones rattling to life, and a river flowing from God's temple that heals everything it touches. His message: God's glory departs from sin but returns with resurrection power and a brand-new heart.
Cross-References for Ezekiel 4:5
“Take 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. fitches: or, spelt”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 4:5: according, number, days
“Moreover Amaziah gathered Judah together, and made them captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, according to the houses of their fathers, throughout all Judah and Benjamin: and he numbered them from twenty years old and above, and found them three hundred thousand choice men, able to go forth to war, that could handle spear and shield.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 4:5: years, according, number
“And the children of Reuben, Israel's eldest son, by their generations, after their families, by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 4:5: years, according, number
“These are those which were numbered of the children of Israel by the house of their fathers: all those that were numbered of the camps throughout their hosts were six hundred thousand and three thousand and five hundred and fifty.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 4:5: number, three, hundred
“And these are the numbers of them according to the house of their fathers: Of Judah, the captains of thousands; Adnah the chief, and with him mighty men of valour three hundred thousand.”
Shares key themes with Ezekiel 4:5: according, number, three
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