1 A nd you, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and make upon it a drawing of a city, even Jerusalem.

“You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem.

2 A nd put siege works against it, build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it and set battering rams against it round about.

Lay siege against it, build a siege wall against it, and heap up a mound against it; set camps against it also, and place battering rams against it all around.

3 M oreover, take a plate of iron and place it for an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it and it shall be besieged, and you shall press the siege against it. This is a sign to the house of Israel.

Moreover take for yourself an iron plate, and set it as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 T hen lie upon your left side to bear symbolically the iniquity of the house of the ten tribes of Israel upon that side. According to the number of days that you shall lie upon it you shall bear their iniquity.

“Lie also on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it. According to the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their iniquity.

5 F or I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, 390 days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

For I have laid on you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

6 A nd when you have fulfilled the days for Israel, lie again, but on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have appointed you one day for each year.

And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.

7 T herefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against.

“Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

8 A nd, behold, I will lay bands upon you and you shall not turn yourself from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

And surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege.

9 A lso take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make bread of them. According to the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, 390 days you shall eat of it.

“Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.

10 A nd the food you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels or a full half pound a day, to be eaten at a fixed time each day.

And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.

11 Y ou shall drink water by measure also, about one quart or the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink at a fixed time each day.

You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.

12 A nd you shall eat your food as barley cakes and you shall bake it with human dung as fuel in the sight of the people.

And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”

13 A nd the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations to whom I will drive them.

Then the Lord said, “So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”

14 T hen said I, Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself or is torn in pieces; neither did there ever come abominable flesh into my mouth.

So I said, “Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has abominable flesh ever come into my mouth.”

15 T hen He said to me, Behold, I will let you use cow’s dung instead of human dung, and you shall prepare your food with it.

Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”

16 M oreover, He said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread rationed by weight and with fearfulness, and they shall drink water rationed by measure and with dismay (silent, speechless grief caused by the impending starvation),

Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure and with dread,

17 I n order that they may lack bread and water and look at one another in dismay and waste away for their iniquity.

that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.