Ezekiel 4 – Studienbibel

1 And ŷou, son of man, take ŷou a brick, and lay it before ŷou, and portray upon it a city,—Jerusalem:

2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

3 And take ŷou unto ŷou an iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between ŷou and the city; and set ŷour face against it, and it will be besieged, and ŷou will lay siege against it: this will be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 And ŷou, lie upon ŷour left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: the number of the days that ŷou lie upon it, ŷou will bear their iniquity.

5 And I have appointed ŷou the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; and ŷou will bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

6 And when ŷou have accomplished them, ŷou will lie again on ŷour right side, and ŷou will bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed ŷou each day for a year.

7 And ŷou shall set ŷour face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and ŷour arm shall be uncovered, and ŷou shall prophesy against it.

8 And behold, I lay bands upon ŷou, and ŷou shall not turn ŷourself from one side to the other, until ŷou have ended the days of ŷour siege.

9 And ŷou, take unto ŷou wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make ŷou bread of it, according to the number of the days that ŷou lie upon ŷour side: three hundred and ninety days shall ŷou eat of it.

10 And ŷour meat which ŷou will eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shall ŷou eat it.

11 And ŷou shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time will ŷou drink.

12 And ŷou shall eat it as barley-cake, and ŷou shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.

13 And Jehovah said, So will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations to where I will drive them.

14 Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul has not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

15 And he said unto me, See, I have given ŷou cow’s dung for man’s dung, and ŷou shall prepare ŷour bread with it.

16 And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they will eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they will drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

17 because bread and water will fail them, and they will be astonished one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.