The Walls of Jerusalem Torn Down

39 ^[a]Now when Jerusalem was captured ^[b](A)in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his military force came to Jerusalem and laid siege to it; ² in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city was ^(B)breached.

² Then ^(A)set a siege against it, build a siege wall against it, ^[a]raise up a ramp against it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams against it all around. ³ Now as for you, get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and establish your face toward it so that ^(B)it is under siege, and besiege it. This is a ^(C)sign to the house of Israel.

⁴ “Now as for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall ^(D)bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it. ⁵ Now I have set a number of days for you corresponding to the years of their iniquity, 390 days; thus ^(E)you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. ⁶ And you shall complete these, and you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have set it for you for forty days, a day for ^(F)each year. ⁷ Then you shall establish your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and ^(G)prophesy against it. ⁸ Now behold, I will ^(H)set ropes upon you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.