1 Y ou also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerusalem:

¶ Thou also, son of man, take a tile and lay it before thee and portray upon it the city of Jerusalem

2 a nd lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around.

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 T ake for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

And take 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 for an encompassment, and thou shalt lay siege against the city. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 M oreover 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.

Thou shalt sleep 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 F or 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.

For I have summed up for 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 A gain, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.

And when thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt sleep on thy right side this second time, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: a day for a year; I have appointed thee each day for a year.

7 Y ou shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.

Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against her.

8 B ehold, I lay bands on you, and you shall not turn you from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

And, behold, I laced bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn from one side to another until thou hast ended the days appointed thee upon thy sides.

9 T ake for yourself also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it; according to the number of the days that you shall lie on your side, even three hundred ninety days, you shall eat of it.

¶ Take also unto thee wheat and barley and beans and lentils 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 Y our food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time you shall eat it.

And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time shalt thou eat it.

11 Y ou shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time you shall drink.

Thou shalt also drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from time to time shalt thou drink.

12 Y ou shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.

And thou shalt eat barley cakes baked under the ashes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that comes out of man, in their sight.

13 Y ahweh said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.

14 T hen I said, Ah Lord Yahweh! behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul is not defiled: for from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither has abominable flesh come into my mouth.

15 T hen he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your bread on it.

Then he said unto me, Behold, I give thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with 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 by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the sustenance of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anguish; and they shall drink water by measure, and with terror.

17 t hat they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

For they shall lack bread and water, and terrorize one another, and faint because of their iniquity.