Ezekiel 4:7

7. The foregoing calculation makes more dramatic the continuance of the siege. That siege is sure to be successful. The uncovered arm of the prophet represents that the arm of Jehovah is “made bare” and ready for action (Psalms 98:1; Isaiah 52:10). The prophecy has gone forth, and not only has it foretold the captivity of the city, but it has even reckoned the years in which the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be held in captivity. Nothing could be more startling than the sight of the silent prophet prostrate upon the earth with “set face” and bare arm outstretched against the city which had always stood for the Israelite nation and its religion. There were no words spoken (Ezekiel 3:26). It was in this sign-language he was to “prophesy against it.”