Eze 4:1-8 | ESV | STEP | And you , son of man , take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city , even Jerusalem .

n[See ver. 4 above]

o[ch. 23:4, 9, 10]

p ch. 44:10, 12; [Lev. 16:22; Isa. 53:11, 12]

q[ch. 23:11, 12]

r[Num. 14:34]

sSee ch. 21:2

t Isa. 52:10

u ch. 3:25

v[ver. 9; ch. 5:2]; See 2 Kgs. 25:1-3; Jer. 39:1, 2; 52:4-6

Ezekiel 4:1-8

The Siege of Jerusalem Symbolized

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.