Ezekiel:4:1-8
rsv@Ezekiel:4:1 @ "And you, O son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem;
rsv@Ezekiel:4:2 @ 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.
rsv@Ezekiel:4:3 @ 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.
rsv@Ezekiel:4:4 @ "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.
rsv@Ezekiel:4:5 @ 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.
rsv@Ezekiel:4:6 @ 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.
rsv@Ezekiel:4:7 @ And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared; and you shall prophesy against the city.
rsv@Ezekiel:4:8 @ 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.
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