John Trapp on Ezekiel 4:7-8

Ver. 7. Set thy face toward the ſeige of Jeruſalem] Steel thy countenance, be ſtern and reſolute, to ſhew that the Chaldees ſhould be ſo. Thus this Prophet proceedeth to write as it were in Hieroglyphicks, and to preach in Emblems.

And thine arm ſhall be uncovered] i. e. Thou ſhalt do thy work bodily: which when ſoldiers and ſervants ſet themſelves to do, they make bare their armes, ut ſint expeditiores, for quicker diſpatch. Even Orators alſo pleaded with their right arm (as Oecolampadius here noteth) ſtript up, and ſtrecht out.

And thou ſhalt prophecy againſt it] By theſe ſignes and dumb ſhews at leaſt: See chap 3.26.

Pertinacis poenae ſimulachrum eſt. Oecolamp. Ver. 8. And behold I will lay bands upon thee] To ſhew that he was unchangeably reſolved to ruine Judah, whom the Prophet here perſonateth. Some make the ſenſe to be this, I will give thee ſtrength to hold out in that thy long lying on one ſide, till the City be taken. Of a Noble-man of Lovain it is ſtoried, that he lay ſixteen years in one poſture, viz. with his face upwards. And Pradus ſaith he ſaw a mad man who had lain upon one ſide fifteen years.