Therefore thou shalt direct thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine [a]arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

And behold, I will lay [b]bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

Thou shalt take also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, [c]and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof according to the number of the days, that thou shalt sleep upon thy side: even [d]three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:7 In token of a speedy vengeance.
  2. Ezekiel 4:8 The people should so straightly be besieged, that they should not be able, to turn them.
  3. Ezekiel 4:9 Meaning, that the famine should be so great, that they should be glad to eat whatsoever they could get.
  4. Ezekiel 4:9 Which were fourteen months that the city was besieged, and this was as many days as Israel sinned years.

Turn your face(A) toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.(B)

“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(C) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.

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