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Thou also, son[H1121] of man[H120], take[H3947] thee a tile[H3843], and lay[H5414] it before[H6440] thee, and pourtray[H2710] upon it the city[H5892], even Jerusalem[H3389]:
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And lay[H5414]siege[H4692] against it, and build[H1129] a fort[H1785] against it, and cast[H8210] a mount[H5550] against it; set[H5414] the camp[H4264] also against it, and set[H7760] battering rams[H3733] against it round about[H5439].
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Moreover take[H3947] thou unto thee an iron[H1270]pan[H4227], and set[H5414] it for a wall[H7023] of iron[H1270] between thee and the city[H5892]: and set[H3559] thy face[H6440] against it, and it shall be besieged[H4692], and thou shalt lay siege[H6696] against it. This shall be a sign[H226] to the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
4Lie[H7901] thou also upon thy left[H8042]side[H6654], and lay[H7760] the iniquity[H5771] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] upon it: according to the number[H4557] of the days[H3117] that thou shalt lie[H7901] upon it thou shalt bear[H5375] their iniquity[H5771].
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For I have laid[H5414] upon thee the years[H8141] of their iniquity[H5771], according to the number[H4557] of the days[H3117], three[H7969]hundred[H3967] and ninety[H8673]days[H3117]: so shalt thou bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478].
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And when thou hast accomplished[H3615]them[H428], lie[H7901]again[H8145] on thy right[H3233]side[H6654], and thou shalt bear[H5375] the iniquity[H5771] of the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063]forty[H705]days[H3117]: I have appointed[H5414] thee each day[H3117] for a year[H8141].
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Therefore thou shalt set[H3559] thy face[H6440] toward the siege[H4692] of Jerusalem[H3389], and thine arm[H2220] shall be uncovered[H2834], and thou shalt prophesy[H5012] against it.
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And, behold, I will lay[H5414]bands[H5688] upon thee, and thou shalt not turn[H2015] thee from one side[H6654] to another[H6654], till thou hast ended[H3615] the days[H3117] of thy siege[H4692].
9Take[H3947] thou also unto thee wheat[H2406], and barley[H8184], and beans[H6321], and lentiles[H5742], and millet[H1764], and fitches[H3698], and put[H5414] them in one[H259]vessel[H3627], and make[H6213] thee bread[H3899] thereof, according to the number[H4557] of the days[H3117] that thou shalt lie[H7901] upon thy side[H6654], three[H7969]hundred[H3967] and ninety[H8673]days[H3117] shalt thou eat[H398] thereof.
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And thy meat[H3978] which thou shalt eat[H398] shall be by weight[H4946], twenty[H6242]shekels[H8255] a day[H3117]: from time[H6256] to time[H6256] shalt thou eat[H398] it.
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Thou shalt drink[H8354] also water[H4325] by measure[H4884], the sixth part[H8345] of an hin[H1969]: from time[H6256] to time[H6256] shalt thou drink[H8354].
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And thou shalt eat[H398] it as barley[H8184]cakes[H5692], and thou shalt bake[H5746] it with dung[H1561] that cometh out[H6627] of man[H120], in their sight[H5869].
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And the LORD[H3068]said[H559], Even thus shall the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]eat[H398] their defiled[H2931]bread[H3899] among the Gentiles[H1471], whither I will drive[H5080] them.
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Then said[H559] I, Ah[H162]Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]! behold, my soul[H5315] hath not been polluted[H2930]: for from my youth[H5271] up even till now have I not eaten[H398] of that which dieth of itself[H5038], or is torn in pieces[H2966]; neither came[H935] there abominable[H6292]flesh[H1320] into my mouth[H6310].
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Then he said[H559] unto me, Lo[H7200], I have given[H5414] thee cow's dung[H6832] for man's dung[H1561], and thou shalt prepare[H6213] thy bread[H3899] therewith.
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Moreover he said[H559] unto me, Son[H1121] of man[H120], behold, I will break[H7665] the staff[H4294] of bread[H3899] in Jerusalem[H3389]: and they shall eat[H398]bread[H3899] by weight[H4948], and with care[H1674]; and they shall drink[H8354]water[H4325] by measure[H4884], and with astonishment[H8078]:
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That they may want[H2637]bread[H3899] and water[H4325], and be astonied[H8074]one[H376] with another[H251], and consume away[H4743] for their iniquity[H5771].