Ezekiel 4:4-12

4 “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself.[a] You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.
5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
6 “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
7 Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.
8 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.
9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; 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.
10 Weigh out twenty shekels[b] of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.
11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[c] of water and drink it at set times.
12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.”

Cross References 8

  • 1. S Exodus 28:38
  • 2. Numbers 14:34; Daniel 9:24-26; Daniel 12:11-12
  • 3. S ver 3; Ezekiel 6:2; S Ezekiel 13:17
  • 4. Ezekiel 3:25
  • 5. S Isaiah 28:25
  • 6. S Exodus 30:13
  • 7. ver 16
  • 8. S Isaiah 36:12

Footnotes 3

  • [a]. Or "upon your side"
  • [b]. That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
  • [c]. That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter
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