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Ezekiel 4
New International Version
Ezekiel 4
New International Version
Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
4 “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 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)
9 “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(K) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side. 10 Weigh out twenty shekels[b](L) of food to eat each day and eat it at set times. 11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[c] of water and drink it at set times.(M) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(N) for fuel.” 13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(O)
14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(P) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(Q) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(R)”
15 “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”
16 He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off(S) the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,(T) 17 for food and water will be scarce.(U) They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of[d] their sin.(V)
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 4:4 Or upon your side
- Ezekiel 4:10 That is, about 8 ounces or about 230 grams
- Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter
- Ezekiel 4:17 Or away in
Ezekiel 4
New King James Version
Ezekiel 4
New King James Version
The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed
4 “You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem. 2 (A)Lay siege against it, build a (B)siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around. 3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be (C)besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. (D)This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 “Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity. 5 For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; (E)so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 And 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. 8 (F)And surely I will [a]restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.
9 “Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it. 11 You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”
13 Then the Lord said, “So (G)shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”
14 So I said, (H)“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten (I)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (J)abominable[b] flesh ever come into my mouth.”
15 Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”
16 Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the (K)supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall (L)eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall (M)drink water by measure and with dread, 17 that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and (N)waste away because of their iniquity.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 4:8 Lit. put ropes on
- Ezekiel 4:14 Ritually unclean flesh, Lev. 7:18
Ezechiele 4
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Ezechiele 4
Conferenza Episcopale Italiana
Annunzio dell'assedio di Gerusalemme
4 «Tu, figlio dell'uomo, prendi una tavoletta d'argilla, mettila dinanzi a te, disegnaci sopra una città, Gerusalemme, 2 e disponi intorno ad essa l'assedio: rizza torri, costruisci terrapieni, schiera gli accampamenti e colloca intorno gli arieti. 3 Poi prendi una teglia di ferro e mettila come muro di ferro fra te e la città, e tieni fisso lo sguardo su di essa, che sarà assediata, anzi tu la assedierai! Questo sarà un segno per gli Israeliti.
4 Mettiti poi a giacere sul fianco sinistro e sconta su di esso la iniquità d'Israele. Per il numero di giorni in cui giacerai su di esso, espierai le sue iniquità: 5 io ho computato a te gli anni della sua espiazione come un numero di giorni. Per centonovanta giorni tu espierai le iniquità degli Israeliti.
6 Terminati questi, giacerai sul fianco destro e sconterai l'iniquità di Giuda per quaranta giorni, computando un giorno per ogni anno. 7 Terrai fisso lo sguardo contro il muro di Gerusalemme, terrai il braccio disteso e profeterai contro di essa. Ecco ti ho cinto di catene, 8 in modo che tu non potrai voltarti né da una parte né dall'altra finché tu non abbia compiuto i giorni della tua reclusione.
9 Prendi intanto grano, orzo, fave, lenticchie, miglio e spelta, mettili in un recipiente e fattene del pane: ne mangerai durante tutti i giorni che tu rimarrai disteso sul fianco, cioè per centonovanta giorni. 10 Il cibo che ti prenderai sarà del peso di venti sicli al giorno: lo consumerai nelle ventiquattr'ore. 11 Anche l'acqua che berrai sarà razionata: un sesto di hin, nelle ventiquattro ore. 12 Mangerai questo cibo in forma di una schiacciata d'orzo, che cuocerai sopra escrementi umani davanti ai loro occhi. 13 In tal maniera, mi disse il Signore, mangeranno gli Israeliti il loro pane impuro, in mezzo alle genti fra le quali li disperderò».
14 Io esclamai: «Ah, Signore Dio, mai mi sono contaminato! Dall'infanzia fino ad ora mai ho mangiato carne di bestia morta o sbranata, né mai è entrato nella mia bocca cibo impuro». 15 Egli mi rispose: «Ebbene, invece di escrementi umani ti concedo sterco di bue; lì sopra cuocerai il tuo pane».
16 Poi soggiunse: «Figlio dell'uomo, ecco io tolgo a Gerusalemme la riserva del pane; mangeranno il pane a razione e con angoscia e berranno l'acqua a misura in preda all'affanno; 17 così, mancando pane e acqua, languiranno tutti insieme e si consumeranno nella loro iniquità.
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