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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.

Ezekiel 4:2 Or, chief leaders
Ezekiel 4:3 Or, a flat plate, or slice
Ezekiel 4:6 Heb. a day for a year, a day for a year
Ezekiel 4:8 Heb. from thy side to thy side
Ezekiel 4:9 Or, spelt

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Ezekiel 4 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () σύ, () υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () λαβὲ () σεαυτῷ () πλίνθον καὶ () θήσεις () αὐτὴν () πρὸ () προσώπου () σου () καὶ () διαγράψεις ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () πόλιν () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ ()
[2] καὶ () δώσεις () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () περιοχὴν () καὶ () οἰκοδομήσεις () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () προμαχῶνας καὶ () περιβαλεῖς () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () χάρακα καὶ () δώσεις () ἐπ’ () αὐτὴν () παρεμβολὰς () καὶ () τάξεις () τὰς () βελοστάσεις κύκλῳ· ()
[3] καὶ () σὺ () λαβὲ () σεαυτῷ () τήγανον σιδηροῦν καὶ () θήσεις () αὐτὸ () τοῖχον () σιδηροῦν ἀνὰ () μέσον () σοῦ () καὶ () ἀνὰ () μέσον () τῆς () πόλεως () καὶ () ἑτοιμάσεις () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () ἐπ’ () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἔσται () ἐν () συγκλεισμῷ, καὶ () συγκλείσεις () αὐτήν· () σημεῖόν () ἐστιν () τοῦτο () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ. () —
[4] καὶ () σὺ () κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπὶ () τὸ () πλευρόν σου () τὸ () ἀριστερὸν () καὶ () θήσεις () τὰς () ἀδικίας () τοῦ () οἴκου () Ισραηλ () ἐπ’ () αὐτοῦ () κατὰ () ἀριθμὸν () τῶν () ἡμερῶν () πεντήκοντα () καὶ () ἑκατόν, () ἃς () κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπ’ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () λήμψῃ () τὰς () ἀδικίας () αὐτῶν. ()
[5] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () δέδωκά () σοι () τὰς () δύο () ἀδικίας () αὐτῶν () εἰς () ἀριθμὸν () ἡμερῶν () ἐνενήκοντα () καὶ () ἑκατὸν () ἡμέρας. () Καὶ () λήμψῃ () τὰς () ἀδικίας () τοῦ () οἴκου () Ισραηλ ()
[6] καὶ () συντελέσεις () ταῦτα () πάντα· () καὶ () κοιμηθήσῃ ἐπὶ () τὸ () πλευρόν σου () τὸ () δεξιὸν () καὶ () λήμψῃ () τὰς () ἀδικίας () τοῦ () οἴκου () Ιουδα τεσσαράκοντα () ἡμέρας. () Ἡμέραν () εἰς () ἐνιαυτὸν () τέθεικά () σοι. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἰς () τὸν () συγκλεισμὸν Ιερουσαλημ () ἑτοιμάσεις () τὸ () πρόσωπόν () σου () καὶ () τὸν () βραχίονά () σου () στερεώσεις () καὶ () προφητεύσεις () ἐπ’ () αὐτήν. ()
[8] Καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἰδοὺ () δέδωκα () ἐπὶ () σὲ () δεσμούς, () καὶ () μὴ () στραφῇς () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πλευροῦ σου () ἐπὶ () τὸ () πλευρόν σου, () ἕως () οὗ () συντελεσθῶσιν () αἱ () ἡμέραι () τοῦ () συγκλεισμοῦ σου. () —
[9] καὶ () σὺ () λαβὲ () σεαυτῷ () πυροὺς καὶ () κριθὰς () καὶ () κύαμον καὶ () φακὸν καὶ () κέγχρον καὶ () ὄλυραν καὶ () ἐμβαλεῖς () αὐτὰ () εἰς () ἄγγος ἓν () ὀστράκινον () καὶ () ποιήσεις () αὐτὰ () σαυτῷ () εἰς () ἄρτους, () καὶ () κατ’ () ἀριθμὸν () τῶν () ἡμερῶν, () ἃς () σὺ () καθεύδεις () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () πλευροῦ σου, () ἐνενήκοντα () καὶ () ἑκατὸν () ἡμέρας () φάγεσαι () αὐτά. ()
[10] Καὶ () τὸ () βρῶμά () σου, () ὃ () φάγεσαι, () ἐν () σταθμῷ εἴκοσι () σίκλους τὴν () ἡμέραν· () ἀπὸ () καιροῦ () ἕως () καιροῦ () φάγεσαι () αὐτά. ()
[11] Καὶ () ὕδωρ () ἐν () μέτρῳ () πίεσαι () τὸ () ἕκτον () τοῦ () ιν· ἀπὸ () καιροῦ () ἕως () καιροῦ () πίεσαι. ()
[12] Καὶ () ἐγκρυφίαν κρίθινον () φάγεσαι () αὐτά· () ἐν () βολβίτοις κόπρου ἀνθρωπίνης () ἐγκρύψεις () αὐτὰ () κατ’ () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτῶν ()
[13] καὶ () ἐρεῖς () Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () τοῦ () Ισραηλ () Οὕτως () φάγονται () οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ισραηλ () ἀκάθαρτα () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν. ()
[14] Καὶ () εἶπα Μηδαμῶς, () κύριε () θεὲ () τοῦ () Ισραηλ· () ἰδοὺ () ἡ () ψυχή () μου () οὐ () μεμίανται () ἐν () ἀκαθαρσίᾳ, () καὶ () θνησιμαῖον καὶ () θηριάλωτον οὐ () βέβρωκα () ἀπὸ () γενέσεώς () μου () ἕως () τοῦ () νῦν, () οὐδὲ () εἰσελήλυθεν () εἰς () τὸ () στόμα () μου () πᾶν () κρέας () ἕωλον.
[15] Καὶ () εἶπεν πρός () με () Ἰδοὺ () δέδωκά () σοι () βόλβιτα βοῶν () ἀντὶ () τῶν () βολβίτων τῶν () ἀνθρωπίνων, () καὶ () ποιήσεις () τοὺς () ἄρτους () σου () ἐπ’ () αὐτῶν. ()
[16] Καὶ () εἶπεν πρός () με () Υἱὲ () ἀνθρώπου, () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () συντρίβω () στήριγμα ἄρτου () ἐν () Ιερουσαλημ, () καὶ () φάγονται () ἄρτον () ἐν () σταθμῷ καὶ () ἐν () ἐνδείᾳ καὶ () ὕδωρ () ἐν () μέτρῳ () καὶ () ἐν () ἀφανισμῷ () πίονται, ()
[17] ὅπως () ἐνδεεῖς () γένωνται () ἄρτου () καὶ () ὕδατος· () καὶ () ἀφανισθήσεται () ἄνθρωπος () καὶ () ἀδελφὸς () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τακήσονται () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀδικίαις () αὐτῶν. () —

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.