| New King James Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1“You also, son of man, take a clay tablet and lay it before you, and portray on it a city, Jerusalem. | 1Now you, son of man, take a brick, set it in front of you, and draw the city of Jerusalem on it. |
| 2Lay 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. | 2Then lay siege against it: construct a siege wall, build a ramp, pitch military camps, and place battering rams against it on all sides. |
| 3Moreover 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. | 3Take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign for the house of Israel." |
| 4“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. | 4Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. You will bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side. |
| 5For 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. | 5For I have assigned you the years of their iniquity according to the number of days you lie down, 390 days; so you will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. |
| 6And 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. | 6When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year. |
| 7“Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem; your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it. | 7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it. |
| 8And surely I will restrain you so that you cannot turn from one side to another till you have ended the days of your siege. | 8Be aware that I will put cords on you so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege." |
| 9“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. | 9Also take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. Put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the number of days you lie on your side, 390 days. |
| 10And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it. | 10The food you eat each day will be eight ounces by weight; you will eat it from time to time. |
| 11You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink. | 11You are also to drink water by measure, a sixth of a gallon, which you will drink from time to time. |
| 12And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.” | 12You will eat it as you would a barley cake and bake it over dried human excrement in their sight." |
| 13Then the LORD said, “So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.” | 13The LORD said, "This is how the Israelites will eat their bread--ceremonially unclean--among the nations where I will banish them." |
| 14So 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.” | 14But I said, "Oh, Lord GOD, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts. And impure meat has never entered my mouth." |
| 15Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.” | 15He replied to me, "Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that." |
| 16Moreover 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, | 16Then He said to me, "Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight and in dread drink water by measure. |
| 17that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity. | 17So they will lack bread and water; everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity." |
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