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Ezekiel 4
New American Standard Bible
Ezekiel 4
New American Standard Bible
Siege of Jerusalem Predicted
4 “Now you, son of man, (A)get yourself a brick, place it before you, and inscribe a city on it—Jerusalem. 2 Then (B)lay siege against it, build a siege wall, pile up an assault ramp, set up camps, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city, and direct your face toward it so that (C)it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a (D)sign to the house of Israel.
4 “Then you are to lie down on your left side and put the wrongdoing of the house of Israel on it; you shall (E)bear their wrongdoing for the number of days that you lie on it. 5 For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their wrongdoing, 390 days; so (F)you shall bear the wrongdoing of the house of Israel. 6 When you have completed these days, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the wrongdoing of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for (G)each year. 7 Then you shall direct your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and (H)prophesy against it. 8 Now behold, I will (I)put ropes [a]around you so that you cannot turn from your one side to your other until you have completed the days of your siege.
Defiled Bread
9 “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and (J)spelt, and 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, 390 days. 10 Your food which you eat shall be (K)twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time. 11 The water you drink shall be a [b]sixth of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time. 12 You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human (L)dung.” 13 Then the Lord said, “In this way the sons of Israel will eat their bread (M)unclean among the nations where I will scatter them.” 14 But I said, “(N)Oh, Lord [c]God! Behold, [d]I have (O)never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what (P)died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has any (Q)unclean meat ever entered my mouth!” 15 Then He said to me, “See, I will give you cow’s dung in place of human dung, so that you may prepare your bread over it.” 16 Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold, I am going to (R)break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by (S)weight and with anxiety, and drink water by (T)measure and in horror, 17 because bread and water will be scarce; and they will tremble with one another and (U)waste away in their guilt.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 4:8 Lit on
- Ezekiel 4:11 About 0.6 qt. or 0.6 liter
- Ezekiel 4:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Ezekiel 4:14 Lit my soul has
Ezekiel 4
King James Version
Ezekiel 4
King James Version
4 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:
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.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14 Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Ezequiel 4
Nueva Versión Internacional
Ezequiel 4
Nueva Versión Internacional
Anuncio del sitio a Jerusalén
4 »Hijo de hombre, toma ahora un ladrillo, ponlo delante de ti y dibuja en él la ciudad de Jerusalén. 2 Acampa a su alrededor y ponle sitio; levanta torres de asalto contra ella y construye una rampa que llegue hasta la ciudad; instala máquinas para derribar sus murallas. 3 Toma una plancha de hierro y colócala como un muro entre la ciudad y tú, y dirige tu rostro contra ella. De esa manera quedará sitiada; tú la sitiarás. Eso servirá de señal a los israelitas.
4 »Acuéstate sobre tu lado izquierdo y echa sobre ti el pecado de los israelitas. Todo el tiempo que estés acostado sobre ese lado, cargarás con sus culpas. 5 Yo te he puesto un plazo de trescientos noventa días, es decir, un lapso de tiempo equivalente a los años del pecado de Israel.
6 »Cuando cumplas ese plazo, volverás a acostarte, pero esta vez sobre tu lado derecho. Cuarenta días cargarás con la culpa del pueblo de Judá, o sea, un día por cada año. 7 Luego dirigirás tu rostro al asedio de Jerusalén y con brazo desnudo profetizarás contra ella. 8 Mira, yo te ataré con sogas para que no puedas darte vuelta de un lado a otro, hasta que se cumplan los días del asedio.
9 »Toma trigo, cebada, habas, lentejas, mijo y centeno; viértelos en un recipiente y amásalos para hacer pan, pues ese será tu alimento durante los trescientos noventa días que estarás acostado sobre tu lado izquierdo. 10 Cada día comerás, a una hora fija, una ración de veinte siclos.[a] 11 También a una hora fija beberás la sexta parte de un hin[b] de agua. 12 Cocerás ese pan con excremento humano y a la vista de todos lo comerás como si fuera una torta de cebada».
13 Luego el Señor añadió: «De igual manera, los israelitas comerán alimentos impuros en medio de las naciones por donde los voy a dispersar».
14 Entonces exclamé: «¡No, mi Señor y Dios! ¡Yo jamás me he contaminado con nada! Desde mi niñez y hasta el día de hoy, jamás he comido carne de ningún animal que se haya encontrado muerto o que haya sido despedazado por las fieras. ¡Por mi boca no ha entrado ningún tipo de carne impura!».
15 «Está bien —me respondió—, te doy permiso para que hornees tu pan con excremento de vaca en vez de excremento humano».
16 Luego me dijo: «Hijo de hombre, voy a hacer que escasee el alimento en Jerusalén. La gente comerá el pan racionado con angustia; también el agua racionada, la beberán con terror. 17 Escasearán el pan y el agua y, cuando cada uno vea la condición del otro, se horrorizarán y se consumirán a causa de sus pecados.
Ezechiele 4
Nuova Riveduta 1994
Ezechiele 4
Nuova Riveduta 1994
L'assedio di Gerusalemme
4 (A)«Tu, *figlio d'uomo, prendi un mattone, mettitelo davanti e disegnaci sopra una città, *Gerusalemme; 2 cingila d'assedio, costruisci contro di lei una torre, fa' contro di lei dei bastioni, circondala di vari accampamenti, e disponi contro di lei, tutto intorno, degli arieti. 3 Prendi poi una piastra di ferro e piazzala come un muro di ferro fra te e la città; volta la tua faccia contro di essa; sia assediata, e tu cingila d'assedio. Questo sarà un segno per la casa d'*Israele.
4 Poi sdràiati sul tuo lato sinistro, e metti su questo lato l'*iniquità della casa d'Israele; per il numero di giorni che starai sdraiato su quel lato, tu porterai la loro iniquità. 5 Io ti conterò gli anni della loro iniquità in un numero pari a quello di quei giorni: trecentonovanta giorni. Tu porterai cosí l'iniquità della casa d'Israele. 6 Quando avrai compiuto quei giorni, ti sdraierai di nuovo sul tuo lato destro, e porterai l'iniquità della casa di *Giuda per quaranta giorni: t'impongo un giorno per ogni anno. 7 Tu volgerai la tua faccia e il tuo braccio nudo verso l'assedio di Gerusalemme, e *profetizzerai contro di essa. 8 Ecco, io ti metterò addosso delle corde, e tu non potrai voltarti da un lato sull'altro, finché tu non abbia compiuto i giorni del tuo assedio. 9 Prendi anche frumento, orzo, fave, lenticchie, miglio, spelta, mettili in un vaso, fattene del pane sufficiente per tutto il tempo che starai sdraiato sul tuo lato; ne mangerai per trecentonovanta giorni. 10 Il cibo che mangerai sarà del peso di venti *sicli per giorno; lo mangerai una volta al giorno. 11 Berrai pure dell'acqua a misura; la sesta parte di un *hin; la berrai una volta al giorno. 12 Mangerai delle focacce d'orzo, che metterai a cuocere sopra escrementi d'uomo, in loro presenza». 13 Il Signore disse: «Cosí i figli d'Israele mangeranno il loro pane contaminato, fra le nazioni dove io li caccerò».
14 Allora io dissi: «Ahimè, Signore, Dio, ecco, io non mi sono mai contaminato; dalla mia infanzia a ora, non ho mai mangiato carne di bestia morta da sé o sbranata, e non m'è mai entrata in bocca nessuna carne impura». 15 Egli mi disse: «Guarda, io ti do dello sterco bovino, invece di escrementi d'uomo; sopra quello cuocerai il tuo pane!» 16 Poi mi disse: «Figlio d'uomo, io farò mancare del tutto il sostegno del pane a Gerusalemme; essi mangeranno con angoscia pane razionato; e berranno acqua a misura, nel terrore, 17 perché mancheranno di pane e d'acqua; saranno tutti avviliti e si consumeranno a causa della loro iniquità.
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