Ezekiel 4:5-7

Good News Translation

^4-5“Then lie down on your left side, and I^[a] will place on you the guilt of the nation of Israel. For 390 days you will stay there and suffer because of their guilt. I have sentenced you to one day for each year their punishment will last. ⁶When you finish that, turn over on your right side and suffer for the guilt of Judah for forty days—one day for each year of their punishment.

⁷“Fix your eyes on the siege of Jerusalem. Shake your fist at the city and prophesy against it.

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Footnotes

Ezekiel 4:4 Probable text I; Hebrew you.

Ezekiel 4:5-7

New King James Version

⁵For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; ^(A)so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. ⁶And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.

⁷“Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

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Ezekiel 4:5-7

English Standard Version

⁵For I assign to you a number of days, ^(A)390 days, ^(B)equal to the number of the years of their punishment. ^(C)So long shall you bear ^(D)the punishment of the house of Israel. ⁶And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and ^(E)bear ^(F)the punishment of the house of Judah. ^(G)Forty days I assign you, a day for each year. ⁷^(H)And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, ^(I)with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city.