1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, [even] Jerusalem:
2 And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set [battering] rams against it round about.
3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel.
4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.
5 For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.
6 And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.
7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm [shall be] uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
8 And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.
9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according] to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.
10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat [shall be] by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12 And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
16 Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Versículos relacionados com Ezekiel, 4:
Ezekiel 4 narrates an episode in which God commands the prophet to make a symbolic representation of the siege and the fall of Jerusalem. Ezekiel is instructed to lie aside for a certain number of days to symbolize the years of punishment that the city would face. The chapter also describes the restricted diet that God commands Ezekiel to follow during this time of punishment. Below are five verses related to the topics covered in Ezekiel 4:
Leviticus 26:18-19: "And if you still do not hear me, I will increase seven times more the pests about you according to your sins. Your land like bronze. " This verse highlights the relationship between disobedience and punishment of God, which is a central theme in Ezekiel 4.
Isaiah 20:2-3: "At the same time the Lord spoke through Isaiah the son of Amos, saying, Go, let the ciliciary of thy loins loose and barefoot the shoes of your feet. And he did so, going naked and Barefoot. And the Lord said, Just as my servant Isaiah was naked and barefoot for three years, as a sign and prodigy against Egypt and against Ethiopia ... "This verse makes a connection with the symbolism of nudity and lack of Shoes that Ezekiel is ordered to follow as a way to signal the punishment that Jerusalem would face.
2 Kings 25:1-3: "And it happened that, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, at ten of the month, he came Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and they raised against her trenches around. And the city was surrounded to the Undécimo year of King Zedekiah. At nine of the month, when hunger was strong in the city, there was no bread for the people of the earth. " This verse describes the siege of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, a historical event that is symbolized in the representation that Ezekiel is ordered to do.
Deuteronomy 28:53: "Then thou shalt eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of thy children, and thy daughters that the Lord thy God has given you, in the siege, and the squeeze with which your enemies shall tighten you." This verse highlights the theme of the hunger and scarcity of foods that Ezekiel is ordered to experiment as part of his symbolic representation of the siege of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 14:15: “Therefore, thus saith the Lord about the prophets who prophesy in my name, without sending them, and who say, 'There will be no sword or hunger on this earth': Sword and Hunger will be consumed these Prophets. ” Ezekiel's chapter 4 deals with God's vision by instructing the prophet to represent Jerusalem's siege with symbolic acts, such as laying aside by a specific number of days. The selected verses are related to prophecy, which is one of Ezekiel's main messages. In Jeremiah 14:15, there is a condemnation of the prophets who speak in the name of God without being sent by Him, announcing false words of hope, which can be interpreted as a warning for the prophets to be faithful in their message.
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