Chapter 4

Thou also, son of man, take³ thee a tile, and lay¹ it before thee, and pourtray¹ upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem:

And lay¹ siege against it, and build¹ a fort against it, and cast¹ a mount against it; set¹ the camp also against it, and set³ [battering] rams against it round about.

Moreover take³ thou unto thee an iron pan, and set¹ it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set⁵² thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege¹ against it. This [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel.

Lie³ thou also upon thy left side, and lay¹ the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie⁴ upon it thou shalt bear⁴ their iniquity.

For I have laid¹ upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear¹ the iniquity of the house of Israel.

And when thou hast accomplished¹⁴ them, lie¹ again on thy right ³²²⁷ side, and thou shalt bear¹ the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed¹ thee each day ⁸¹⁴¹ for a year. ⁸¹⁴¹

Therefore thou shalt set⁵⁵ thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered,⁷ and thou shalt prophesy⁸ against it.

And, behold, I will lay¹ bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn¹¹ thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended¹⁵ the days of thy siege.

Take³ thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put¹ them in one vessel, and make¹ thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie⁶ upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat⁴ thereof.

And thy meat which thou shalt eat⁴ [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat⁴ it.

Thou shalt drink⁴ also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.⁴

And thou shalt eat⁴ it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake⁴ it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

And the LORD said,⁴ Even thus shall the children of Israel eat⁴ their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive⁵⁵ them.

Then said⁴ I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted:³⁰ for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten¹ of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came¹ there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Then he said⁴ unto me, Lo,³ I have given¹ thee cow's dung ⁶⁸³² for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare¹ thy bread therewith.

Moreover he said⁴ unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break⁶ the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat¹ bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink⁴ water by measure, and with astonishment:

That they may want⁴ bread and water, and be astonied⁸ one with another, and consume away⁸ for their iniquity.