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“Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity. For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

“Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have appointed forty days, each day for a year, to you. You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it. Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

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“Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment[a] of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, (A)you shall bear their punishment. For I assign to you a number of days, (B)390 days, (C)equal to the number of the years of their punishment. (D)So long shall you bear (E)the punishment of the house of Israel. And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and (F)bear (G)the punishment of the house of Judah. (H)Forty days I assign you, a day for each year. (I)And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, (J)with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. And behold, (K)I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed (L)the days of your siege.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:4 Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17