Ezekiel 4 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 And thou son of man take to thee a brick, and give thou it before thee, and delineate upon it the city Jerusalem; “And you, son of man, take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. “Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
2 And give siege against it, and build a watch tower against it, and cast a mound against it, and give the camp against it, and set battering-rams against it round about. And put siegeworks against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it all around. Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.
3 And thou, take to thee an iron pan and give it a wall of iron between thee and between the city: and prepare thy face against it, and she was in siege, and press upon her. This a sign to the house of Israel. And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; and set your face toward it, and let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is a sign for the house of Israel. Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.
4 And lie thou upon thy left side, and put the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: the number of days which thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt lift up their iniquity. “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, you shall bear their punishment. “Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.
5 And I gave to thee the years of their iniquity according to the number of days, three hundred and ninety days: and thou didst bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. For I assign to you a number of days, 390 days, equal to the number of the years of their punishment. So long shall you bear the punishment of the house of Israel. I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.
6 And finishing these, and thou didst lie upon thy right side the second time, and thou didst bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: a day for a year, a day for a year I gave it to thee, And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah. Forty days I assign you, a day for each year. “After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
7 And to the siege of Jerusalem thou shalt prepare thy face, and thine arm being uncovered and prophesy against her. And you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.
8 And behold, I gave bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn from thy side to thy side, even to thy finishing the days of thy siege. And behold, I will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed the days of your siege. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.
9 And thou, take to thee wheat, and barley, and the bean, and lentiles, and millet, and spelt, and give them into one vessel, and make them to thee for bread, the number of days which thou didst lie upon thy side; three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat it. “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it. “Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.
10 An thy food which thou shalt eat by weight, twenty shekels for a day: from time even to time shalt thou eat it. And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it. Weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.
11 And water by measure shalt thou drink, the sixth of the bin: from time even to time shalt thou drink. And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from day to day you shall drink. Also measure out a sixth of a hin of water and drink it at set times.
12 And thou shalt eat it cakes of barley, and it shall be baked with dung coming forth of man, before their eyes. And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung.” Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.”
13 And Jehovah will say, Like this shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I shall thrust them away there. And the LORD said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” The LORD said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”
14 And saying, Ah, Lord Jehovah behold, my soul not being defiled: and a carcass and the torn in pieces I ate not from my youth and even till now; there came not flesh of uncleanness into my mouth. Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth.” Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign LORD! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”
15 And he will say to me, See, I gave to thee the dung of oxen instead of man's dung, and make thy bread upon them. Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” “Very well,” he said, “I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement.”
16 And he will say to me, Son of man, behold me breaking the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they ate bread by weight and with fear; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment. Moreover, he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay. He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,
17 So that they shall want bread and water, and they were astonished, a man and his brother, and they were melted in their iniquity. I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment. for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.
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