- "Now, son of man, take a clay tablet, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
- 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.
- 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 house of Israel.
- "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.
- 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 house of Israel.
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- "Now you son of man, get yourself a brick, place it before you and inscribe a city on it, Jerusalem.
- "Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise up a ramp, pitch camps and place battering rams against it all around.
- "Then get yourself an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it This is a sign to the house of Israel.
- "As for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it.
- "For I have assigned you a number of days corresponding to the years of their iniquity, three hundred and ninety days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
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