Eze 4 | ESV | STEP | And you , son of man , take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city , even Jerusalem .

1 “And you, ^ason of man, ^btake a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city, even Jerusalem. 2 ^cAnd put siegeworks against it, ^dand build a siege wall against it, ^eand cast up a mound against it. Set camps also against it, ^fand plant battering rams against it all around. 3 And you, take an iron griddle, and place it as an iron wall between you and the city; ^gand set your face toward it, ^hand let it be in a state of siege, and press the siege against it. This is ⁱa sign for the house of Israel.

4 “Then lie on your left side, and place the punishment ^{▼▼Or iniquity; also verses 5, 6, 17} of the house of Israel upon it. For the number of the days that you lie on it, ^kyou shall bear their punishment. 5 For I assign to you a number of days, ^l390 days, ^mequal to the number of the years of their punishment. ⁿSo long shall you bear ^othe punishment of the house of Israel. 6 And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and ^pbear ^qthe punishment of the house of Judah. ^rForty days I assign you, a day for each year. 7 ^sAnd you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, ^twith your arm bared, and you shall prophesy against the city. 8 And behold, ^uI will place cords upon you, so that you cannot turn from one side to the other, till you have completed ^vthe days of your siege.

9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, ^{▼▼A type of wheat} and put them into a single vessel and make your ^xbread from them. ^yDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, ^z390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be ^aaby weight, ^abtwenty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} a day; from day to day ^{▼▼Or at a set time daily; also verse 11} you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink ^aeby measure, the sixth part of a hin; ^{▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters} from day to day you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it ^agin their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^ahtheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, ^ai“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ^{▼▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean} ^akFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten ^alwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^amtainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, he said to me, ^an“Son of man, behold, ^aoI will break the supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^aqby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^arby measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^aslook at one another in dismay, and ^atrot away because of their punishment.