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Ezekiel 4:1
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The Siege of Jerusalem Portrayed

1 “You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem.
2 aLay siege against it, build a bsiege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.  
3 Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be abesieged, and you shall lay siege against it. bThis will be a sign to the house of Israel.  
4 “Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
5 For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; aso you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.  
6 And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.
7 “Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.
8 aAnd surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.  
9 “Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.
10 And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 4:1

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American Standard Version
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

Amplified® Bible
AND YOU, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and make upon it a drawing of a city, even Jerusalem.

Contemporary English Version
Ezekiel, son of man, find a brick and sketch a picture of Jerusalem on it.

Darby English Version
And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, -- Jerusalem:

Good News Bible
God said, "Mortal man, get a brick, put it in front of you, and scratch lines on it to represent the city of Jerusalem.

King James Version
Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

New American Standard Bible
"Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.

New International Version
"Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.

New King James Version
“You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.

Revised Standard Version
"And you, O son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem;

Young's Literal Translation
`And thou, son of man, take to thee a brick, and thou hast put it before thee, and hast graven on it a city -- Jerusalem,


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