⁴ “As for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall ^(A)bear their iniquity 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 iniquity, three hundred and ninety days; thus ^(B)you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. ⁶ When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for ^(C)each year. ⁷ Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and ^(D)prophesy against it. ⁸ Now behold, I will ^(E)put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.