Eze 4-5, 12:3-16, Hos 12:10, Act 21:11, Rev 18:21 | ESV | STEP | And you , son of man , take a brick and lay it before you, and engrave on it a city , even Jerusalem .

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.

9 “And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, ^{▼▼A type of wheat} and put them into a single vessel and make your ^xbread from them. ^yDuring the number of days that you lie on your side, ^z390 days, you shall eat it. 10 And your food that you eat shall be ^aaby weight, ^abtwenty shekels ^{▼▼A shekel was about 2/5 ounce or 11 grams} a day; from day to day ^{▼▼Or at a set time daily; also verse 11} you shall eat it. 11 And water you shall drink ^aeby measure, the sixth part of a hin; ^{▼▼A hin was about 4 quarts or 3.5 liters} from day to day you shall drink. 12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it ^agin their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat ^ahtheir bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, ^ai“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. ^{▼▼Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean} ^akFrom my youth up till now I have never eaten ^alwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^amtainted meat come into my mouth.” 15 Then he said to me, “See, I assign to you cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.” 16 Moreover, he said to me, ^an“Son of man, behold, ^aoI will break the supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread ^aqby weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water ^arby measure and in dismay. 17 I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and ^aslook at one another in dismay, and ^atrot away because of their punishment.

Ezekiel 5

Jerusalem Will Be Destroyed

1 “And you, ^auO son of man, take a ^avsharp sword. Use it as ^awa barber’s razor and ^axpass it over your head and your beard. Then take balances for weighing and divide the hair. 2 ^ayA third part you shall burn in the fire ^azin the midst of the city, ^bawhen the days of the siege are completed. And a third part you shall take and strike with the sword all around the city. ^bbAnd a third part you shall scatter to the wind, and ^bcI will unsheathe the sword after them. 3 ^bdAnd you shall take from these a small number and bind them in the skirts of your robe. 4 ^beAnd of these again you shall take some and cast them into the midst of the fire and burn them in the fire. From there a fire will come out into all the house of Israel.

5 “Thus says the Lord God: ^bfThis is Jerusalem. I have set her ^bgin the center of the nations, with countries all around her. 6 And she has rebelled against my rules by doing wickedness ^bhmore than the nations, and against my statutes more than ^bithe countries all around her; for they have rejected my rules and have not walked in my statutes. 7 Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because you are ^bjmore turbulent than the nations that are all around you, ^bkand have not walked in my statutes or obeyed my rules, ^bland have not ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts and Syriac lack not} even acted according to the rules of the nations that are all around you, 8 therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I, even I, ^bnam against you. ^boAnd I will execute judgments ^{▼▼The same Hebrew expression can mean obey rules, or execute judgments, depending on the context} in your midst ^bqin the sight of the nations. 9 And because of all your abominations I will do with you ^brwhat I have never yet done, and the like of which I will never do again. 10 Therefore ^bsfathers shall eat their sons in your midst, and sons shall eat their fathers. ^btAnd I will execute judgments on you, ^buand any of you who survive I will scatter to all the winds. 11 Therefore, ^bvas I live, declares the Lord God, surely, ^bwbecause you have defiled my sanctuary ^bxwith all your detestable things and with all your ^byabominations, ^bztherefore I will withdraw. ^{▼▼Some Hebrew manuscripts I will cut you down} ^cbMy eye will not spare, and I will have no pity. 12 ^ccA third part of you shall die of pestilence and be consumed with famine in your midst; ^cda third part shall fall by the sword all around you; ^ceand a third part I will scatter to all the winds and will unsheathe the sword after them.

13 ^cf“Thus shall my anger spend itself, and I will vent my fury upon them and satisfy myself. And they shall know that ^cgI am the Lord—that I have spoken in my jealousy— ^chwhen I spend my fury upon them. 14 Moreover, I will make you ^cia desolation and ^cjan object of reproach among ^ckthe nations all around you and in the sight of all who pass by. 15 You shall be ^{▼▼Dead Sea Scroll, Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate, Targum; Masoretic Text And it shall be} a reproach and a taunt, a warning ^cmand a horror, to ^cnthe nations all around you, ^cowhen I execute judgments on you in anger and fury, and ^cpwith furious rebukes—I am the Lord; I have spoken— 16 when I send against you ^{▼▼Hebrew them} ^crthe deadly arrows of famine, arrows for destruction, which I will send to destroy you, and when I bring more and more famine upon ^csyou and break your supply ^{▼▼Hebrew staff} of bread. 17 I will send famine and ^cuwild beasts against you, ^cvand they will rob you of your children. Pestilence and ^cwblood shall pass through you, and I will bring the sword upon you. I am the Lord; I have spoken.”

Ezekiel 12:3-16

3 As for you, son of man, prepare for yourself ^cxan exile’s baggage, and go into exile by day ^cyin their sight. You shall go like an exile from your place to another place ^czin their sight. ^daPerhaps they will understand, though ^{▼▼Or will see that} they are a rebellious house. 4 You shall bring out your baggage by day in their sight, as baggage for exile, and you shall go out yourself ^dcat evening in their sight, as those do who must go into exile. 5 In their sight ^dddig through the wall, and bring your baggage out through it. 6 In their sight you shall lift the baggage upon your shoulder and carry it out at dusk. You shall cover your face that you may not see the land, for I have made you ^dea sign for the house of Israel.”

7 ^dfAnd I did as I was commanded. ^dgI brought out my baggage by day, as baggage for exile, and in the evening I dug through the wall with my own hands. I brought out my baggage at dusk, carrying it on my shoulder in their sight.

8 In the morning the word of the Lord came to me: 9 ^dh“Son of man, has not the house of Israel, ^dithe rebellious house, said to you, ^dj‘What are you doing?’ 10 Say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord God: This oracle concerns ^{▼▼Or This burden is} ^dlthe prince in Jerusalem and all the house of Israel who are in it.’ ^{▼▼Hebrew in the midst of them} 11 Say, ^dn‘I am a sign for you: ^doas I have done, so shall it be done to them. They shall go into exile, into captivity.’ 12 ^dpAnd the prince who is among them shall lift his baggage upon his shoulder at dusk, and shall go out. ^dqThey shall dig through the wall to bring him out through it. ^drHe shall cover his face, that he may not see the land with his eyes. 13 ^dsAnd I will spread my net over him, and he shall be taken in my snare. And ^dtI will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans, ^duyet he shall not see it, and he shall die there. 14 ^dvAnd I will scatter toward every wind all who are around him, his helpers and all his troops, ^dwand I will unsheathe the sword after them. 15 ^dxAnd they shall know that I am the Lord, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them among the countries. 16 ^dyBut I will let a few of them escape from the sword, from famine and pestilence, that they may declare all their abominations among the nations where they go, ^dzand may know that I am the Lord.”

Hosea 12:10

10 ^eaI spoke to the prophets;
it was I who multiplied ^ebvisions,
and through the prophets gave parables.

Acts 21:11

11 And coming to us, he ^ectook Paul’s belt and bound his own feet and hands and said, ^ed“Thus says the Holy Spirit, ^ee‘This is how the Jews ^{▼▼Greek Ioudaioi probably refers here to Jewish religious leaders, and others under their influence, in that time} at Jerusalem will bind the man who owns this belt and ^egdeliver him into the hands of the Gentiles.’”

Revelation of John 18:21

21 Then ^eha mighty angel ^eitook up a stone like a great millstone and threw it into the sea, saying,

“So will Babylon ^ejthe great city be thrown down with violence,
and will be found no more;