Ezekiel:4

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* And you , son of man , take a tile to yourself , and lay it before you , and portray on it the city Jerusalem . * And lay siege against it , and build a fort against it , and cast a mound against it . Also set the camp against it , and set [battering ] rams against it all around . * And take an iron griddle to yourself , and set it [for ] a wall of iron between you and the city . And set your face against it , and it shall be under attack . And you shall set a battle against it . This shall be a sign to the house of Israel . * Also lie on your left side , and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it ; [according ] to the number of days that you shall lie on it , you shall bear their iniquity . * For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity , according to the number of the days , three hundred and ninety days . So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel . * And when you have fulfilled them , lie again on your right side , and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days ; a day for a year ; a day for a year , I have set for you . * And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem , and your arm [shall be ] uncovered , and you shall prophesy against it . * And , behold , I will lay bands on you , and you shall not turn yourself from one side to [another ] until you have ended the days of your siege . * Take also to yourself wheat , and barley , and beans , and lentils , and millet , and spelt , and put them in one vessel , and make bread of them for yourself . [According ] to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side , three hundred and ninety days , you shall eat of it . * And your food which you shall eat [shall be ] by weight twenty shekels a day ; from time to time you shall eat it . * You shall also drink water by measure , the sixth part of a hin . From time to time you shall drink . * And you shall eat it [as ] barley cakes , and you shall bake it with dung of the excrement of man , in their sight . * And the LORD said , Even so shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations , where I will drive them . * Then I said , Ah Lord Jehovah ! Behold , my soul has not been defiled . For from my youth up , even till now , I have not eaten of that which dies of itself , or is torn in pieces ; neither did there come any unclean flesh into my mouth . * Then He said to me , Lo , I have given you cow 's dung for man 's dung , and you shall prepare your bread with it . * And He said to me , Son of man , behold , I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem . And they shall eat bread by weight , and with care . And they shall drink water by measure , and in silence , * so that they may lack bread and water , and be stricken dumb with one another , and waste away in their iniquity .

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