4:1 And thou, son of man, take thee a brick,
and thou shalt set it before thy face, and shalt portray on it the city,
[even] Jerusalem.
4:2 And thou shalt besiege it, and build works against it, and throw up a
mound round about it, and pitch camps against it, and set up engines round
about.
4:3 And take thou to thyself an iron pan, and thou shalt set it [for] an
iron wall between thee and the city: and thou shalt set thy face against it,
and it shall be in a siege, and thou shalt besiege it. This is a sign to the
children of Israel.
4:4 And thou shalt lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquities of the
house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the hundred and fifty
days [during] which thou shalt lie upon it: and thou shalt bear their
iniquities.
4:5 For I have appointed thee their iniquities for a number of days, for a
hundred and ninety days: so thou shalt bear the iniquities of the house of
Israel.
4:6 And thou shalt accomplish this, and [then] shalt lie on thy right side,
and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Judah forty days: I have
appointed thee a day for a year.
4:7 So thou shalt set thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and shalt
strengthen thine arm, and shalt prophesy against it.
4:8 And, behold, I have prepared bonds for thee, land thou mayest not turn
from thy one side to the other, until the days of thy siege shall be
accomplished.
4:9 Take thou also to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and
millet, and bread-corn; and thou shalt cast them into one earthen vessel,
and shalt make them into loaves for thyself; and thou shalt eat them a
hundred and ninety days, according to the number of the days [during] which
thou sleepest on thy side.
4:10 And thou shalt eat thy food by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time
to time shalt thou eat them.
4:11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, even from time to time thou
shalt drink the sixth part of a hin.
4:12 And thou shalt eat them [as] a barley cake: thou shalt bake them before
their eyes in man's dung.
4:13 And thou shalt say, Thus saith Yehovah Elohim of Israel; Thus shall the
children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.
4:14 Then I said, Not so, Lord Elohim of Israel: surely my soul has not been
defiled with uncleanness; nor have I eaten, that which died of itself or was
torn of beasts from my birth until now; neither has any corrupt flesh
entered into my mouth.
4:15 And he said to me, Behold, I have given thee dung of oxen instead of
man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy loaves upon it.
4:16 And he said to me, Son of man, behold, I break the support of bread in
Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight and in want; and shall drink
water by measure, and in a state of ruin:
4:17 that they may want bread and water; and a man and his brother shall be
brought to ruin, and they shall pine away in their iniquities. |
4:1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile,
and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
4:2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount
against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it
round about.
4:3 Moreover take thou unto thee an 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.
4:4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of
Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon
it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
4:5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the
number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the
iniquity of the house of Israel.
4:6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and
thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have
appointed thee each day for a year.
4:7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and
thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
4:8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee
from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
4:9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and
millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread
thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy
side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
4:10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a
day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
4:11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from
time to time shalt thou drink.
4:12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung
that cometh out of man, in their sight.
4:13 And Yehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their
defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
4:14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for
from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of
itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my
mouth.
4:15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung,
and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
4:16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of
bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and
they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
4:17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another,
and consume away for their iniquity. |