an iron pan] Or, a flat plate, or, slice. To shew, that all endeavours and resistance that they of Jerusalem could make against the besieging Chaldeans, should be to no purpose, and that it should be impossible for any relief to come and deliver them. lay siege] Thou shalt act the part of a chief Commander of an army, which doth straitly besiege a place. signe to the house of Israel] Namely of the siege and taking of Jerusalem, which the Jews that were already in captivitie in Babylon with Ezekiel, would not be perswaded could come to passe.