“Then you are to lie down on your left side and put the wrongdoing of the house of Israel on it; you shall (A)bear their wrongdoing for the number of days that you lie on it. For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their wrongdoing, 390 days; so (B)you shall bear the wrongdoing of the house of Israel. 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 (C)each year. Then you shall direct your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and (D)prophesy against it. Now behold, I will (E)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.

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  1. Ezekiel 4:8 Lit on

Now, lie on your left side, and set the guilt of the house of Israel on it. For the length of time that you lie on your side, you will bear their punishment. I appoint to you three hundred ninety days, one day for each year of their guilt. So you will bear the punishment of the house of Israel. When you have completed these days, lie on your right side to bear the guilt of the house of Judah. I appoint forty days to you, one day for each year. With your arm stretched out, face the siege of Jerusalem directly and prophesy against it. I’ve now bound you with cords so that you can’t turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

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