1
"Now you
son of
man,
get yourself a
brick,
place it
before you and
inscribe a
city on it,
Jerusalem.
h'T;t'n.w h'neb.l '$.l -x;q ~'d'a -n,b h'T;a.w ? ~i'l'v.Wr.y -t,a ryi[ 'hy,l'[ 'tw{Q;x.w '$y,n'p.l H'tw{a
2
"Then
lay siege against it,
build a
siege wall,
raise up a
ramp,
pitch camps and
place battering rams against it
all around.
qey'D 'hy,l'[ 'tyin'b.W rw{c'm 'hy,l'[ h'T;t'n.w ? tw{n]x;m 'hy,l'[ h'T;t'n.w h'l.l{s 'hy,l'[ 'T.k;p'v.w ? byib's ~yir'K 'hy,l'[ -myif.w
3
"Then
get yourself an
iron plate and
set it up as an
iron wall between you and the
city, and
set your
face toward it so that it is under
siege, and
besiege * it.
This is a
sign to the
house of
Israel.
H'tw{a h'T;t'n.w l,z.r;B t;b]x;m '$.l -x;q h'T;a.w ? h't{nyik]h;w ryi['h !yeb.W '$.nyeB l,z.r;B ryiq ? 'T.r;c.w rw{c'M;b h't.y'h.w 'hy,lea '$y,n'P -t,a ? lea'r.fIy tyeb.l ayih tw{a 'hy,l'[
4
"As for you,
lie down on your
left side and
lay the
iniquity of the
house of
Israel on it; you shall
bear their
iniquity for the
number of
days that you
lie on it.
!{w][ -t,a 'T.m;f.w yila'm.F;h '$.Dic -l;[ b;k.v h'T;a.w ? r,v]a ~yim'Y;h r;P.sim wy'l'[ lea'r.fIy -tyeB ? ~'n{w][ -t,a a'FiT wy'l'[ b;K.viT
5
"For I have
assigned you a
number of
days corresponding to the
years of their
iniquity,
three hundred and
ninety days; thus you shall
bear the
iniquity of the
house of
Israel.
r;P.sim.l ~'n{w][ yen.v -t,a '$.l yiT;t'n yin]a;w ? 'ta'f'n.w ~w{y ~yi[.vit.w tw{aem -v{l.v ~yim'y ? lea'r.fIy -tyeB !{w][
6
"When you have
completed these, you shall
lie down a
second time, but on your
right side and
bear the
iniquity of the
house of
Judah; I have
assigned it to you for
forty days, a
day for each
year.
yinw{m.y;h '$.Dic -l;[ 'T.b;k'v.w h,Lea -t,a 'tyiLik.w ? ~yi['B.r;a h'd.Wh.y -tyeB !{w][ -t,a 'ta'f'n.w tyinev ? .$'l wyiT;t.n h'n'V;l ~w{y h'n'V;l ~w{y ~w{y
7
"Then you shall
set your
face toward the
siege of
Jerusalem with your
arm bared and
prophesy against it.
'$][{r.z.W '$y,n'P !yik'T ~i;l'v.Wr.y rw{c.m -l,a.w ? 'hy,l'[ 'taeBin.w h'p.Wf]x
8
"Now
behold, I will
put ropes on you so that you
cannot turn from one
side to the
other until you have
completed the
days of your
siege.
.$ep'het -a{l.w ~yitw{b][ '$y,l'[ yiT;t'n heNih.w ? '$,r.Wc.m yem.y '$.tw{L;K -d;[ '$,Dic -l,a '$.DiCim
9
"But as for you,
take wheat,
barley,
beans,
lentils,
millet and
spelt,
put them in
one vessel and
make them into
bread for yourself; you shall
eat it according to the
number of the
days that you
lie on your
side,
three hundred and
ninety days.
~yiv'd][;w lw{p.W ~yir{[.f.W !yiJix '$.l -x;q h'T;a.w ? d'x,a yil.kiB ~'tw{a h'T;t'n.w ~yim.SUk.w !;x{d.w ? h'T;a -r,v]a ~yim'Y;h r;P.sim ~,x'l.l '$.l ~'tw{a 'tyif'[.w ? ~w{y ~yi[.vit.w tw{aem -v{l.v '$.Dic -l;[ bekw{v ? .WN,l]ka{T
10
"Your
food which you
eat shall be
twenty shekels a
day by
weight; you shall
eat it from
time to
time.
~yir.f,[ lw{q.vim.B .WN,l]ka{T r,v]a '$.l'k]a;m.W ? .WN,l]ka{T te[ -d;[ te[em ~w{Y;l l,q,v
11
"The
water you
drink shall be the
sixth part of a
hin by
measure; you shall
drink it from
time to
time.
te[em !yih;h tyiViv h,T.vit h'r.Wf.miB ~Iy;m.W ? h,T.viT te[ -d;[
12
"You shall
eat it as a
barley cake, having
baked it in their
sight over
human dung *."
t;aec yel.l,g.B ayih.w h'N,l]ka{T ~yir{[.f t;gU[.w ? ~,hyenye[.l h'n,gU[.T ~'d'a'h
13
Then the
LORD said,
"Thus will the
sons of
Israel eat their
bread unclean among the
nations where * I will
banish them."
lea'r.fIy -yen.b .Wl.ka{y h'k'K h'wh.y r,ma{Y;w ? ~'v ~exyiD;a r,v]a ~Iyw{G;B aem'j ~'m.x;l -t,a
14
But I
said,
"Ah,
Lord GOD!
Behold, I have
never been defiled; for from my
youth until now I have
never eaten what died of itself or was
torn by
beasts,
nor has any
unclean meat ever
entered my
mouth."
a{l yiv.p;n heNih hiwh.y<03069!> y'n{d]a H'h]a r;m{a'w ? y;r.W[.Nim yiT.l;k'a -a{l h'per.j.W h'leb.n.W h'a'MUj.m ? l.WGiP r;f.B yip.B a'b -a{l.w h'T;[ -d;[.w
15
Then He
said to me,
"See, I will
give you
cow's dung in
place of
human dung over which you will
prepare your
bread."
ye[.Wp.c -t,a '$.l yiT;t'n hea.r y;lea r,ma{Y;w ? '$.m.x;l -t,a 'tyif'[.w ~'d'a'h yel.l,G t;x;T r'q'B;h ? ~,hyel][
16
Moreover, 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
drink water by
measure and in
horror,
~,x,l -heJ;m reb{v yin.nih ~'d'a -n,B y;lea r,ma{Y;w ? h'g'a.dib.W l'q.vim.B ~,x,l -.Wl.k'a.w ~i;l'v.WryiB ? .WT.vIy !w{m'Miv.b.W h'r.Wf.miB ~Iy;m.W
17
because bread and
water will be
scarce; and they will be
appalled with
one another and
waste away in their
iniquity.
wyix'a.w vyia .WM;v'n.w ~Iy'm'w ~,x,l .Wr.s.x;y !;[;m.l ? ~'n{w][;B .WQ;m'n.w