Ezekiel 4:4-8

The Voice

⁴ Then lie down on your left side, facing the Jerusalem brick, and place all of Israel’s sins on you. You are to carry their sins for as long as you lie on your left side. ⁵ I have decided you will represent the carrying of sins the exact number of days as the years of their sin. For 390 days, you will carry the wickedness of Israel’s Northern Kingdom. ⁶ After you have completed this, lie down again, this time on your right side. While you lie down on your right side, you carry the sins of the people of the Southern Kingdom, Judah. This time, you are to lie on your right side for 40 days, one day for each year of their wickedness. ⁷ Turn your face toward the siege on Jerusalem, and preach to her with raw passion, with your arm bared ready to strike. ⁸ I will see that you are tied up with ropes so that you cannot turn from side to side or move until the days of your siege are completed.