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Ezekiel 4
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The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

1“And you, rson of man, stake a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2tAnd put siegeworks against it, uand build a siege wall against it, vand cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, wand plant battering rams against it all around. 3And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; xand set your face toward it, yand let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is za sign for the house of Israel.

4“Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment1 of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, ayou shall bear their punishment. 5For I assign to you a number of days, b390 days, cequal to the number of the years of their punishment. aSo long shall you bear dthe punishment of the house of Israel. 6And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and ebear fthe punishment of the house of Judah. gForty days I assign you, a day for each year. 7hAnd you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, iwith your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. 8And behold, jI will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed kthe days of your siege.

9“And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer,2 and put them into a single vessel and make your lbread from them. mDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, n390 days, you shall eat it. 10And your food that you eat shall be oby weight, ptwenty shekels3 a day; from day to day4 you shall eat it. 11And water you shall drink oby measure, the sixth part of a hin;5 from day to day you shall drink. 12And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it qin their sight on human dung.” 13And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat rtheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14Then I said, s“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.6 tFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten uwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has vtainted meat come into my mouth.” 15Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16Moreover, he said to me, w“Son of man, behold, xI will break the supply7 of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread oby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water oby measure and in dismay. 17I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ylook at one another in dismay, and zrot away because of their punishment.

Footnotes

  • 1 4:4 Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17
  • 2 4:9 A type of wheat
  • 3 4:10 A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams
  • 4 4:10 Or at a set time daily; also verse 11
  • 5 4:11 A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters
  • 6 4:14 Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean
  • 7 4:16 Hebrew staff
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The Prophesied Kingdom — Part One

Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon Includes Transcript 36:31 ID: 2390

The Prophesied Kingdom — Part Two

Ezra 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Sermon Includes Transcript 43:38 ID: 2391

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The Kingdom of God, Volume 1

Genesis 1:1 – Malachi 4:6 Series ID: 26801