Ezekiel 4 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Ezekiel Bears Israel’s Iniquity

“Now as for you, son^H1121 of man^H120, get^H3947 yourself a brick^H3843, set^H5414 it before^H6440 you, and inscribe^H2710 a city^H5892 on it, Jerusalem^H3389.

Eze 4:2

Eze 4:2“Then set a siege against it, build a siege wall against it, [fn]raise up a ramp against it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams against it all around.

Eze 4:3

Eze 4:3“Now as for you, get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and establish your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.

Eze 4:4

“Now as for you, lie^H7901 down^H7901 on your left^H8042 side^H6654 and lay^H7760 the iniquity^H5771 of the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 on it; you shall bear^H5375 their iniquity^H5771 for the number^H4557 of days^H3117 that you lie^H7901 on it.

Eze 4:5

Eze 4:5“Now I have set a number of days for you corresponding to the years of their iniquity, 390 days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Eze 4:6

Eze 4:6“And you shall complete these, and you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have set it for you for forty days, a day for each year.

Eze 4:7

Eze 4:7“Then you shall establish your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.

Eze 4:8

Eze 4:8“Now behold, I will set ropes upon you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

Making Unclean Bread

Eze 4:9

“Now as for you, take^H3947 wheat^H2406, barley^H8184, beans^H6321, lentils^H5742, millet^H1764, and spelt^H3698; set^H5414 them in one^H259 vessel^H3627 and make^H6213 them into bread^H3899 for yourself; you shall eat^H398 it according to the number^H4557 of the days^H3117 that you lie^H7901 on your side^H6654, 390^H7969^H3967^H8673 days^H3117.

Eze 4:10

Eze 4:10“And your food which you eat shall be [fn]twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.

Eze 4:11

Eze 4:11“The water you drink shall be the sixth part of a [fn]hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.

Eze 4:12

Eze 4:12“You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung.”

Eze 4:13

Eze 4:13Then Yahweh said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them.”

Eze 4:14

Eze 4:14But I said, “Ah, Lord Yahweh! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any offensive meat ever entered my mouth.”

Eze 4:15

Eze 4:15Then He said to me, “See, I will set for you cow’s dung in place of human dung over which you will prepare your bread.”

Eze 4:16

Eze 4:16Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they will drink water by measure and in desolation

Eze 4:17