^{1 Ref} Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:

^{2 Ref} and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

^{3 Ref} And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

^{4 Ref} Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it; `according to' the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

^{5 Ref} For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

^{6 Ref} And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

^{7 Ref} And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.

^{8 Ref} And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

^{9 Ref} Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof; `according to' the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.

^{10 Ref} And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

^{11 Ref} And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

^{12 Ref} And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

^{13 Ref} And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

^{14 Ref} Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

¹⁵ Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

^{16 Ref} Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

^{17 Ref} that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

^{1 Ref} And you, son of man, take a back and put it before you and on it make a picture of a town, even Jerusalem.

^{2 Ref} And make an attack on it, shutting it in, building strong places against it, and making high an earthwork against it; and put up tents against it, placing engines all round it for smashing down its walls.

^{3 Ref} And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

^{4 Ref} Then, stretching yourself out on your left side, take the sin of the children of Israel on yourself: for as long as you are stretched out, so long will the sin of the children of Israel be on you.

^{5 Ref} For I have had the years of their sin measured for you by a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: and you will take on yourself the sin of the children of Israel.

^{6 Ref} And when these days are ended, turning on your right side, you are to take on yourself the sin of the children of Judah: forty days, a day for a year, I have had it fixed for you.

^{7 Ref} And let your face be turned to where Jerusalem is shut in, with your arm uncovered, and be a prophet against it.

^{8 Ref} And see, I will put bands on you; and you will be stretched out without turning from one side to the other till the days of your attack are ended.

^{9 Ref} And take for yourself wheat and barley and different sorts of grain, and put them in one vessel and make bread for yourself from them; all the days when you are stretched on your side it will be your food.

^{10 Ref} And you are to take your food by weight, twenty shekels a day: you are to take it at regular times.

^{11 Ref} And you are to take water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: you are to take it at regular times.

^{12 Ref} And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.

^{13 Ref} And the Lord said, Even so the children of Israel will have unclean bread for their food among the nations where I am driving them.

^{14 Ref} Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.

¹⁵ Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.

^{16 Ref} And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:

^{17 Ref} So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.