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And you ,
O son of man ,
take a brick and lay it before you ,
and portray upon it a city ,
even Jerusalem ;
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and put siegeworks against it ,
and build a siege wall against it ,
and cast up a mound against it ;
set camps also against it ,
and plant battering rams against it round about .
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And take an iron plate ,
and place it as an iron wall between you and the city ;
and set your face toward it ,
and let it be in a state of siege ,
and press the siege against it .
This is a sign for the house of Israel .
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Then lie upon your left side ,
and I will lay the punishment of the house of Israel upon you ;
for the number of the days that you lie upon it ,
you shall bear their punishment .
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For I assign to you a number of days ,
three hundred and ninety days ,
equal to the number of the years of their punishment ;
so long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel .
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And when you have completed these ,
you shall lie down a second time ,
but on your right side ,
and bear the punishment of the house of Judah ;
forty days I assign you ,
a day for each year .
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And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem ,
with your arm bared ;
and you shall prophesy against the city .
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And ,
behold ,
I will put cords upon you ,
so that you cannot turn from one side to the other ,
till you have completed the days of your siege .