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And laysiege 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.
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Moreover take thou unto thee an ironpan, 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.
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Lie thou also upon thy leftside, 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.
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For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days,threehundred and ninetydays: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
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And when thou hast accomplishedthem,lieagain on thy right*side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judahfortydays: I have appointed thee each dayfor a year*.
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Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in onevessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side,threehundred and ninetydays shalt thou eat thereof.
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Then said I, AhLordGOD! 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 abominableflesh into my mouth.
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Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eatbread by weight, and with care; and they shall drinkwater by measure, and with astonishment: