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Ezekiel 4:2-8
New International Version
Ezekiel 4:2-8
New International Version
2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp(A) up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.(B) 3 Then take an iron pan,(C) place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward(D) it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign(E) to the people of Israel.(F)
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(G) of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.(H) 7 Turn your face(I) 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.(J)
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- Ezekiel 4:4 Or upon your side
Ezekiel 4:2-8
King James Version
Ezekiel 4:2-8
King James Version
2 And lay siege 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.
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, 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.
4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, 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.
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
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Ezekiel 4:2-8
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 4:2-8
English Standard Version
2 (A)And put siegeworks against it, (B)and build a siege wall against it, (C)and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, (D)and plant battering rams against it all around. 3 And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; (E)and set your face toward it, (F)and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is (G)a sign for the house of Israel.
4 “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment[a] of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, (H)you shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, (I)390 days, (J)equal to the number of the years of their punishment. (K)So long shall you bear (L)the punishment of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and (M)bear (N)the punishment of the house of Judah. (O)Forty days I assign you, a day for each year. 7 (P)And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, (Q)with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. 8 And behold, (R)I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed (S)the days of your siege.
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- Ezekiel 4:4 Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17
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