ezekiel 4:6 And 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.

ezekiel 4:6 "When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, [but] on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

6. each day for a year--literally, "a day for a year, a day for a year." Twice repeated, to mark more distinctly the reference to Nu 14:34. The picturing of the future under the image of the past, wherein the meaning was far from lying on the surface, was intended to arouse to a less superficial mode of thinking, just as the partial veiling of truth in Jesus' parables was designed to stimulate inquiry; also to remind men that God's dealings in the past are a key to the future, for He moves on the same everlasting principles, the forms alone being transitory.

ezekiel 4:6 "When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, [but] on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

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