4 Thou
also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray
upon it the city, even Jerusalem: 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. 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 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. 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. 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. 7 Therefore
thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall
be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it. 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.
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. 10 And
thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day:
from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou
shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to
time shalt thou drink. 12 And
thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that
cometh out of man, in their sight. 13 And
the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled
bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 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. 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. 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: 17 That
they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume
away for their iniquity.