Ezekiel 4:1
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
Cross-reference
In Ezekiel 12:3-16, Ezekiel enacts exile packing — another symbolic sign of judgment parallel to the brick siege.
Ezekiel 5:1 continues the series of symbolic actions — from brick to razor — both depicting judgment on Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 5:5 explicitly identifies the tile as Jerusalem, explaining the meaning of the symbolic city.
Ezekiel 21:19 involves another symbolic action (two ways for Babylon's sword) — similar method but different symbol.
Hosea 12:10 states God uses similitudes through prophets—Ezekiel's brick is a direct example of this symbolic method.
In Isaiah 20:2-4, Isaiah walks naked as a sign against Egypt — another prophetic object lesson like Ezekiel's brick.
In Jeremiah 13:1-14, the ruined loincloth symbolizes Judah's pride — a parallel prophetic sign-act of judgment.
In Jeremiah 19:1-15, breaking a flask symbolizes Jerusalem's destruction — directly parallel to Ezekiel's brick.
In Jeremiah 25:15-38, the cup of wrath symbolizes judgment on nations — another prophetic sign-act of divine punishment.
2 Kings 25:1 describes the actual historical siege of Jerusalem that Ezekiel's brick symbolically represents.
Jeremiah 52:4 records the actual siege of Jerusalem that Ezekiel's tile symbolically portrays — prophecy fulfilled in history.
Deuteronomy 28:52 predicts siege on fortified cities as a covenant curse, which Ezekiel's brick symbolically enacts.
In Jeremiah 43:9, Jeremiah performs a similar symbolic act with stones to prophesy judgment — both prophets use objects to enact God's word.
Jeremiah 27:2-22 uses a yoke as a prophetic sign-act of submission to Babylon, paralleling Ezekiel's brick symbolizing the siege.
Jeremiah 6:6 commands building siege mounds against Jerusalem, the same event Ezekiel's brick foreshadows.
Jeremiah 32:31 explains God's anger leading to Jerusalem's removal, providing the rationale for the siege depicted here.
Hosea 1:2-9 commands a symbolic marriage to depict Israel's unfaithfulness, another prophetic sign-act like Ezekiel's brick.
Hosea 3:1-5 continues the symbolic marriage theme, similar in genre to Ezekiel's acted prophecy of the siege.