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World English Bible

Ezekiel 4 (WEBP)

[1] “You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem.
[2] Lay siege against it, build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it. Also set camps against it and plant battering rams against it all around.
[3] Take for yourself an iron pan and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
[4] “Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the number of the days that you shall lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.
[5] For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred ninety days. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
[6] “Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have appointed forty days, each day for a year, to you.
[7] You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
[8] Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.
[9] “Take for yourself also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel. Make bread of it. According to the number of the days that you will lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.
[10] Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall eat it.
[11] You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin. From time to time you shall drink.
[12] You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.”
[13] Yahweh said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”
[14] Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals. No abominable meat has come into my mouth!”
[15] Then he said to me, “Behold, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your bread on it.”
[16] Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness. They will drink water by measure, and in dismay;
[17] that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:10 A shekel is about 10 grams or about 0.35 ounces.
Ezekiel 4:11 A hin is about 6.5 liters or 1.7 gallons.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Ezekiel 4 (KJVS)

[1] Thou also, son of man , take () thee a tile , and lay () it before thee, and pourtray () upon it the city , [even] Jerusalem :
[2] And lay () siege against it, and build () a fort against it, and cast () a mount against it; set () the camp also against it, and set () [battering] rams against it round about .
[3] Moreover take () thou unto thee an iron pan , and set () it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city : and set () thy face against it, and it shall be besieged , and thou shalt lay siege () against it. This [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel .
[4] Lie () thou also 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] For I have laid () upon thee the years of their iniquity , according to the number of the days , three hundred and ninety days : so shalt thou bear () the iniquity of the house of Israel .
[6] And when thou hast accomplished () them , lie () again on thy right () side , and thou shalt bear () the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days : I have appointed () thee each day for a year .
[7] Therefore thou shalt set () thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem , and thine arm [shall be] uncovered (), and thou shalt prophesy () against it.
[8] And, behold, I will lay () bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn () thee from one side to another , till thou hast ended () the days of thy siege .
[9] Take () thou also unto thee wheat , and barley , and beans , and lentiles , and millet , and fitches , 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 , three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat () thereof.
[10] And thy meat which thou shalt eat () [shall be] by weight , twenty shekels a day : from time to time shalt thou eat () it.
[11] Thou shalt drink () also water by measure , the sixth part of an hin : from time to time shalt thou drink ().
[12] And thou shalt eat () it [as] barley cakes , and thou shalt bake () it with dung that cometh out of man , in their sight .
[13] And the LORD said (), Even thus shall the children of Israel eat () their defiled bread among the Gentiles , whither I will drive () them.
[14] Then said () I, Ah Lord GOD ! 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 in pieces ; neither came () there abominable flesh into my mouth .
[15] Then he said () unto me, Lo (), I have given () thee cow’s dung () for man’s dung , and thou shalt prepare () thy bread therewith.
[16] 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 care ; and they shall drink () water by measure , and with astonishment :
[17] That they may want () bread and water , and be astonied () one with another , and consume away () for their iniquity .

Young’s Literal Translation

Ezekiel 4 (YLT)

[1] ‘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,
[2] and hast placed against it a siege, and builded against it a fortification, and poured out against it a mount, and placed against it camps, yea, set thou against it battering-rams round about.
[3] And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it is to the house of Israel.
[4] ‘And thou, lie on thy left side, and thou hast placed the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; the number of the days that thou liest on it, thou bearest their iniquity.
[5] And I-I have laid on thee the years of their iniquity, the number of days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou hast borne the iniquity of the house of Israel.
[6] And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days-a day for a year-a day for a year I have appointed to thee.
[7] ‘And unto the siege of Jerusalem thou dost prepare thy face, and thine arm is uncovered, and thou hast prophesied concerning it.
[8] And lo, I have put on thee thick bands, and thou dost not turn from side to side till thy completing the days of thy siege.
[9] ‘And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and thou hast put them in one vessel, and made them to thee for bread; the number of the days that thou art lying on thy side-three hundred and ninety days-thou dost eat it.
[10] And thy food that thou dost eat is by weight, twenty shekels daily; from time to time thou dost eat it.
[11] ‘And water by measure thou dost drink, a sixth part of the hin; from time to time thou dost drink it.
[12] A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung-the filth of man-thou dost bake before their eyes.
[13] And Jehovah saith, ‘Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.’
[14] And I say, ‘Ah, Lord Jehovah, lo, my soul is not defiled, and carcase, and torn thing, I have not eaten from my youth, even till now; nor come into my mouth hath abominable flesh.’
[15] And He saith unto me, ‘See, I have given to thee bullock’s dung instead of man’s dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.’
[16] And He saith unto me, ‘Son of man, lo, I am breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they have eaten bread by weight and with fear; and water by measure and with astonishment, they do drink;
[17] so that they lack bread and water, and have been astonished one with another, and been consumed in their iniquity.