Ezekiel:4-6
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Thou also ,
son of man ,
take thee a tile ,
and lay it before thee ,
and pourtray upon it the city ,
even Jerusalem :
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And lay siege against it ,
and build a fort against it ,
and cast a mount against it ;
set the camp also against it ,
and set battering rams against it round about .
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Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan ,
and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city :
and set thy face against it ,
and it shall be besieged ,
and thou shalt lay siege against it .
This shall be a sign to the house of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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Lie thou also upon thy left side ,
and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it :
according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity .
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For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity ,
according to the number of the days ,
three hundred and ninety days :
so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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And when thou hast accomplished them #
el-leh #,
lie again on thy right y @
side ,
and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty #
arba #
iym #
days :
I have appointed thee each day yowm #
for a year shaneh #.
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Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem ,
and thine arm shall be uncovered ,
and thou shalt prophesy against it .
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And ,
behold ,
I will lay bands upon thee ,
and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another ,
till thou hast ended the days of thy siege .
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Take thou also unto thee wheat ,
and barley s @#
orah #,
and beans ,
and lentiles ,
and millet ,
and fitches ,
and put them in one vessel ,
and make thee bread thereof ,
according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side ,
three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof .
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And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight ,
twenty shekels a day :
from time to time shalt thou eat it .
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Thou shalt drink also water by measure ,
the sixth part of an hin :
from time to time shalt thou drink .
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And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes ,
and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man ,
in their sight .
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And the LORD said ,
Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles ,
whither I will drive them .
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Then said I ,
Ah Lord GOD !
behold ,
my soul hath not been polluted :
for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself ,
or is torn in pieces ;
neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth .
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Then he said unto me ,
Lo ,
I have given thee cows dung ts @
for mans dung ,
and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith .
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Moreover he said unto me ,
Son of man ,
behold ,
I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem :
and they shall eat bread by weight ,
and with care d @#
agah #;
and they shall drink water by measure ,
and with astonishment :
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That they may want bread and water ,
and be astonied one with another ,
and consume away for their iniquity .
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And thou ,
son of man ,
take thee a sharp knife ,
take thee a barbers razor ta #
ar #,
and cause it to pass upon thine head and upon thy beard :
then take thee balances to weigh ,
and divide the hair .
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Thou shalt burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city ,
when the days of the siege are fulfilled :
and thou shalt take a third part ,
and smite about it with a knife :
and a third part thou shalt scatter in the wind ;
and I will draw out a sword after them .
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Thou shalt also take thereof a few in number ,
and bind them in thy skirts .
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Then take of them again ,
and cast them into the midst of the fire ,
and burn them in the fire ;
for thereof shall a fire come forth into all the house of Israel Yisra #
el #.
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
This is Jerusalem :
I have set it in the midst of the nations and countries that are round about her .
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And she hath changed my judgments into wickedness more than the nations ,
and my statutes more than the countries that are round about her :
for they have refused my judgments and my statutes ,
they have not walked in them .
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Because ye multiplied more than the nations that are round about you ,
and have not walked in my statutes ,
neither have kept my judgments ,
neither have done according to the judgments of the nations that are round about you ;
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
am against thee ,
and will execute judgments in the midst of thee in the sight of the nations .
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And I will do in thee that which I have not done ,
and whereunto I will not do any more the like ,
because of all thine abominations tow #
ebah #.
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Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee ,
and the sons shall eat their fathers ;
and I will execute judgments in thee ,
and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds .
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Wherefore ,
as I live ,
saith the Lord GOD ;
Surely ,
because thou hast defiled my sanctuary with all thy detestable things ,
and with all thine abominations tow #
ebah #,
therefore will I also diminish thee ;
neither shall mine eye spare ,
neither will I have any pity .
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A third part of thee shall die with the pestilence ,
and with famine shall they be consumed in the midst of thee :
and a third part shall fall by the sword round about thee ;
and I will scatter a third part into all the winds ,
and I will draw out a sword after them .
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Thus shall mine anger be accomplished ,
and I will cause my fury to rest upon them ,
and I will be comforted :
and they shall know that I the LORD have spoken it in my zeal qin #
ah #,
when I have accomplished my fury in them .
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Moreover I will make thee waste ,
and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee ,
in the sight of all that pass by .
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So it shall be a reproach and a taunt ,
an instruction and an astonishment unto the nations that are round about thee ,
when I shall execute judgments in thee in anger and in fury and in furious rebukes .
I the LORD have spoken it .
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When I shall send upon them the evil arrows of famine ra #
ab #,
which shall be for their destruction ,
and which I will send to destroy you :
and I will increase the famine upon you ,
and will break your staff of bread :
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So will I send upon you famine and evil beasts ,
and they shall bereave thee ;
and pestilence and blood shall pass through thee ;
and I will bring the sword upon thee .
I the LORD have spoken it .
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And the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,
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Son of man ,
set thy face toward the mountains of Israel Yisra #
el #,
and prophesy against them ,
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And say ,
Ye mountains of Israel Yisra #
el #,
hear the word of the Lord GOD ;
Thus saith the Lord GOD to the mountains ,
and to the hills gib #
ah #,
to the rivers ,
and to the valleys ;
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
will bring a sword upon you ,
and I will destroy your high places .
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And your altars shall be desolate ,
and your images shall be broken :
and I will cast down your slain men before your idols .
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And I will lay the dead carcases of the children of Israel before their idols ;
and I will scatter your bones round about your altars .
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In all your dwellingplaces the cities shall be laid waste ,
and the high places shall be desolate ;
that your altars may be laid waste and made desolate ,
and your idols may be broken and cease ,
and your images may be cut down ,
and your works may be abolished .
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And the slain shall fall in the midst of you ,
and ye shall know that I am the LORD .
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Yet will I leave a remnant ,
that ye may have some that shall escape the sword among the nations ,
when ye shall be scattered through the countries .
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And they that escape of you shall remember me among the nations whither they shall be carried captives ,
because I am broken with their whorish heart ,
which hath departed from me ,
and with their eyes ,
which go a whoring after their idols :
and they shall lothe themselves for the evils which they have committed in all their abominations tow #
ebah #.
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And they shall know that I am the LORD ,
and that I have not said in vain that I would do this evil unto them .
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Thus saith the Lord GOD ;
Smite with thine hand ,
and stamp with thy foot ,
and say ,
Alas for all the evil abominations of the house of Israel Yisra #
el #!
for they shall fall by the sword ,
by the famine ra #
ab #,
and by the pestilence .
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He that is far off shall die of the pestilence ;
and he that is near shall fall by the sword ;
and he that remaineth and is besieged shall die by the famine ra #
ab #:
thus will I accomplish my fury upon them .
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Then shall ye know that I am the LORD ,
when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars ,
upon every high hill gib #
ah #,
in all the tops of the mountains ,
and under every green tree ,
and under every thick oak ,
the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols .
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So will I stretch out my hand upon them ,
and make the land desolate ,
yea ,
more desolate than the wilderness toward Diblath ,
in all their habitations :
and they shall know that I am the LORD .
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me ,
saying ,