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1. As for you, son of man, take a clay tablet; lay it in front of you, and draw on it a city (Jerusalem).
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1. Thou H859 also, son H1121 of man H120 , take H3947 thee a tile H3843 , and lay H5414 it before H6440 thee , and portray H2710 upon H5921 it the city H5892 , even H853 Jerusalem H3389 :
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2. Raise a siege against it: build a tower, lay out a ramp, pitch camps, and set up batteringrams all around.
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2. And lay H5414 siege H4692 against H5921 it , and build H1129 a fort H1785 against H5921 it , and cast H8210 a mount H5550 against H5921 it; set H5414 the camp H4264 also against H5921 it , and set H7760 battering rams H3733 against H5921 it round about H5439 .
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3. Then take an iron griddle and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Fix your gaze on it: it shall be in the state of siege, and you shall besiege it. This shall be a sign for the house of Israel.
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3. Moreover take H3947 thou H859 unto thee an iron H1270 pan H4227 , and set H5414 it for a wall H7023 of iron H1270 between H996 thee and the city H5892 : and set H3559 H853 thy face H6440 against H413 it , and it shall be H1961 besieged H4692 , and thou shalt lay siege H6696 against H5921 it. This H1931 shall be a sign H226 to the house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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4. Then you shall lie on your left side, while I place the sins of the house of Israel upon you. As many days as you lie thus, you shall bear their sins.
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4. Lie H7901 thou H859 also upon H5921 thy left H8042 side H6654 , and lay H7760 H853 the iniquity H5771 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 upon H5921 it: according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that H834 thou shalt lie H7901 upon H5921 it thou shalt bear H5375 H853 their iniquity H5771 .
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5. For the years of their sins I allot you the same number of days, three hundred and ninety, during which you will bear the sins of the house of Israel.
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5. For I H589 have laid H5414 upon thee H853 the years H8141 of their iniquity H5771 , according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 , three H7969 hundred H3967 and ninety H8673 days H3117 : so shalt thou bear H5375 the iniquity H5771 of the house H1004 of Israel H3478 .
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6. When you finish this, you are to lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the sins of the house of Judah forty days; one day for each year I have allotted you.
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6. And when thou hast accomplished H3615 H853 them H428 , lie H7901 again H8145 on H5921 thy right H3233 side H6654 , and thou shalt bear H5375 H853 the iniquity H5771 of the house H1004 of Judah H3063 forty H705 days H3117 : I have appointed H5414 thee each day for a year H3117 H8141 H3117 H8141 .
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7. Fixing your gaze on the siege of Jerusalem, with bared arm you shall prophesy against it.
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7. Therefore thou shalt set H3559 thy face H6440 toward H413 the siege H4692 of Jerusalem H3389 , and thine arm H2220 shall be uncovered H2834 , and thou shalt prophesy H5012 against H5921 it.
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8. See, I will bind you with cords so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.
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8. And, behold H2009 , I will lay H5414 bands H5688 upon H5921 thee , and thou shalt not H3808 turn H2015 thee from one side H4480 H6654 to H413 another H6654 , till H5704 thou hast ended H3615 the days H3117 of thy siege H4692 .
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9. Again, take wheat and barley, and beans and lentils, and millet and spelt; put them in a single vessel and make bread out of them. Eat it for as many days as you lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety.
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9. Take H3947 thou H859 also unto thee wheat H2406 , and barley H8184 , and beans H6321 , and lentils H5742 , and millet H1764 , and fitches H3698 , and put H5414 them in one H259 vessel H3627 , and make H6213 thee bread H3899 thereof, according to the number H4557 of the days H3117 that H834 thou H859 shalt lie H7901 upon H5921 thy side H6654 , three H7969 hundred H3967 and ninety H8673 days H3117 shalt thou eat H398 thereof.
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10. The food you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; each day the same.
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10. And thy meat H3978 which H834 thou shalt eat H398 shall be by weight H4946 , twenty H6242 shekels H8255 a day H3117 : from time H4480 H6256 to H5704 time H6256 shalt thou eat H398 it.
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11. And the water you drink shall be the sixth of a hin by measure; each day the same.
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11. Thou shalt drink H8354 also water H4325 by measure H4884 , the sixth part H8345 of a hin H1969 : from time H4480 H6256 to H5704 time H6256 shalt thou drink H8354 .
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12. For your food you must bake barley loaves over human excrement in their sight, said the LORD.
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12. And thou shalt eat H398 it as barley H8184 cakes H5692 , and thou shalt bake H5746 it H1931 with dung H1561 that cometh out H6627 of man H120 , in their sight H5869 .
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13. Thus the Israelites shall eat their food unclean among the nations where I scatter them.
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13. And the LORD H3068 said H559 , Even thus H3602 shall the children H1121 of Israel H3478 eat H398 their defiled H2931 H853 bread H3899 among the Gentiles H1471 , whither H834 H8033 I will drive H5080 them.
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14. "Oh no, Lord GOD!" I protested. "Never have I been made unclean, and from my youth till now, never have I eaten carrion flesh or that torn by wild beasts; never has any unclean meat entered my mouth."
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14. Then said H559 I, Ah H162 Lord H136 GOD H3069 ! behold H2009 , my soul H5315 hath not H3808 been polluted H2930 : for from my youth H4480 H5271 up even till H5704 now H6258 have I not H3808 eaten H398 of that which dieth of itself H5038 , or is torn in pieces H2966 ; neither H3808 came H935 there abominable H6292 flesh H1320 into my mouth H6310 .
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15. Very well, he replied, I allow you cow's dung in place of human excrement; bake your bread on that.
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15. Then he said H559 unto H413 me, Lo H7200 , I have given H5414 thee H853 cow H1241 's dung H6832 for H8478 man H120 's dung H1561 , and thou shalt prepare H6213 H853 thy bread H3899 therewith H5921 .
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16. Then he said to me: Son of man, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread which they have weighed out anxiously, and they shall drink water which they have measured out fearfully,
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16. Moreover he said H559 unto H413 me, Son H1121 of man H120 , behold H2009 , I will break H7665 the staff H4294 of bread H3899 in Jerusalem H3389 : and they shall eat H398 bread H3899 by weight H4948 , and with care H1674 ; and they shall drink H8354 water H4325 by measure H4884 , and with astonishment H8078 :
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17. so that, owing to the scarcity of bread and water, everyone shall be filled with terror and waste away because of his sins.
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17. That H4616 they may want H2637 bread H3899 and water H4325 , and be astonished H8074 one H376 with another H251 , and consume away H4743 for their iniquity H5771 .
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