^{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.