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The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
“And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.
“And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem.
Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized
“Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
“Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.
Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.
And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel.
Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.
For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment. So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel.
I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah. Forty days I assign you, a day for each year.
“After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city.
Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.
And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege.
I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.
“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.
And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.”
Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.”
And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”
The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”
Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”
Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”
“Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”
He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,