Verse 3

Ezekiel 4:3

GOD'S WORD Translation

3 Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אַתָּ֤ה קַח לְ/ךָ֙ מַחֲבַ֣ת בַּרְזֶ֔ל וְ/נָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָ/הּ֙ קִ֣יר בַּרְזֶ֔ל בֵּינְ/ךָ֖ וּ/בֵ֣ין הָ/עִ֑יר וַ/הֲכִינֹתָה֩ אֶת פָּנֶ֨י/ךָ אֵלֶ֜י/הָ וְ/הָיְתָ֤ה בַ/מָּצוֹר֙ וְ/צַרְתָּ֣ עָלֶ֔י/הָ א֥וֹת הִ֖יא לְ/בֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
English Translation
And you shall take for yourself a bronze shield and set it as a wall of bronze between you and the city, and you shall prepare your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it; it is a sign for the house of Israel.
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Chapter 4 Context
1 “You also, son of man, take a tile, and lay it before yourself, and portray on it a city, even Jerus... Focus ↗
2 Lay siege against it, build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it. Also set camps against... Focus ↗
3 Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your...
4 “Moreover lie on your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. According to the... Focus ↗
5 For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be to you a number of days, even three hundred n... Focus ↗
6 “Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniqu... Focus ↗
7 You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophe... Focus ↗
8 Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you ha... Focus ↗
9 “Take for yourself also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel... Focus ↗
10 Your food which you shall eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day. From time to time you shall... Focus ↗
11 You shall drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin. From time to time you shall drink. Focus ↗
12 You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of m... Focus ↗
13 Yahweh said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where... Focus ↗
14 Then I said, “Ah Lord Yahweh! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until... Focus ↗
15 Then he said to me, “Behold, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your... Focus ↗
16 Moreover he said to me, “Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem. They will... Focus ↗
17 that they may lack bread and water, be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity. Focus ↗
Verse Information
Book
Ezekiel
Chapter
Chapter 4 (17 verses)
Version
GOD'S WORD Translation
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