(“) Now you , son of man , take a brick , place it before you , and draw on it the city - of Jerusalem.
Then lay siege against it : Construct a siege wall , build a ramp to it , set up camps against it , and place battering rams around it on all sides.
Then take an iron plate and set it up - as an iron wall between yourself ... and the city. Turn - your face toward it so that it is under siege , and besiege it. ... This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
Then lie down on your left side and place - the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear - their iniquity for the number of days - you lie on your side ....
For I have assigned - 390 ... ... days , according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
When you have completed - these days , lie down again , but on your right side , and bear - the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned 40 days , a day ... for each year ....
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared , and prophesy against it.
Now behold , I will tie you up with ropes ... so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.
vvv But take wheat , barley , beans , lentils , millet , and spelt ; put them in a single container and make them into bread (This is what) you are to eat during the - 390 ... ... days - ... you lie on your side.
You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food - to eat each day , and you are to eat it at set times ... ....
You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink , and you are to drink it at set times ... ....
And you shall eat (the food) as you would a barley cake , after you bake it over dried human excrement ... in the sight (of the people). ”
Then the LORD said , “ This is how the Israelites ... - will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them .... ”
“ Ah , Lord GOD , ” I said , “... I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth. ”
“ Look , ” He replied ... , “ I will let use cow dung instead of human excrement , and you may bake - your bread over that. ”
Then He told me , “ Son of man , ... I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight , and in despair they will drink water by measure.
So they will lack food and water ; they will be appalled (at the sight of) one another wasting away in their iniquity. (’’)