Ezekiel 4:4-8
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4-5 “Now lie on your left side for 390 days,[a] to show that Israel will be punished for 390 years by captivity and doom. Each day you lie there represents a year of punishment ahead for Israel. 6 Afterwards, turn over and lie on your right side for forty days, to signify the years of Judah’s punishment. Each day will represent one year.
7 “Meanwhile continue your demonstration of the siege of Jerusalem; lie there with your arm bared to signify great strength and power in the attack against her.[b] This will prophesy her doom. 8 And I will paralyze you[c] so that you can’t turn over from one side to the other until you have completed all the days of your siege.
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- Ezekiel 4:4 390 days. Some versions read, “190 days.”
- Ezekiel 4:7 to signify great strength and power in the attack against her, implied.
- Ezekiel 4:8 paralyze you, literally, “lay bands upon you.”
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