Ezequiel 4:9

9 Y tú toma para ti trigo, cebada, habas, lentejas, millo, y avena, y ponlo en un vaso, y hazte pan de ello el número de los días que durmieres sobre tu lado; trescientos noventa días comerás de él

Ezequiel 4:9 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:9

Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and
lentiles, and millet, and fitches
The first of these was commonly used to make bread of; in case of want and poverty, barley was used; but, for the rest, they were for cattle, and never used for the food of men but in a time of great scarcity; wherefore this was designed to denote the famine that should attend the siege of Jerusalem; see ( 2 Kings 25:3 ) ; and put them in one vessel;
that is, the flour of them, when ground, in order to be mixed and kneaded together, and make one dough thereof; which mixed bread was a sign of a sore famine: the Septuagint call it an earthen vessel; a kneading trough seems to be designed: and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that
thou shalt lie upon thy side;
the left side, on which he was to lie three hundred and ninety days: and so as much bread was to be made as would suffice for that time; or so many loaves were to be made as there were days, a loaf for a day: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof;
no mention is made of the forty days, perhaps they are understood, a part being put for the whole; or they were included in the three hundred and ninety days. The Septuagint and Arabic versions read only a hundred and ninety days.

Ezequiel 4:9 In-Context

7 Y al cerco de Jerusalén afirmarás tu rostro, y descubierto tu brazo, profetizarás contra ella

8 Y he aquí que yo puse sobre ti cuerdas, y no te tornarás de un lado al otro lado, hasta que hayas cumplido los días de tus vueltas

9 Y tú toma para ti trigo, cebada, habas, lentejas, millo, y avena, y ponlo en un vaso, y hazte pan de ello el número de los días que durmieres sobre tu lado; trescientos noventa días comerás de él

10 Y la comida que has de comer será por peso de veinte siclos al día; de tiempo a tiempo la comerás

11 Y beberás el agua por medida, la sexta parte de un hin; de tiempo en tiempo la beberás