Ezekiel:4:1-5
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Thou also sonne of man ,
take thee a bricke ,
and lay it before thee ,
and pourtray vpon it the citie ,
euen Ierusalem ,
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And lay siege against it ,
and builde a fort against it ,
and cast a mount against it :
set the campe also against it ,
and lay engins of warre against it rounde about .
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Moreover take thou to thee an (
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Which signified the stubbornness and hardness of their hearts .(:
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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 .
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Lie thou also upon thy left side ,
and lay the iniquity of the (
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By this he represented the idolatry and sin of the ten tribes (
for Samaria was on his left hand from Babylon )
and how they had remained in it three hundred and ninety years .(:
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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 haue layed vpon thee the yeeres of their iniquitie ,
according to the nomber of the dayes ,
euen three hundreth and ninetie dayes :
so shalt thou beare the iniquitie of the house of Israel .