1 Tu, pois, ó filho do homem, toma um tijolo, põe-no diante de ti e grava nele a cidade de Jerusalém. 2 Põe cerco contra ela, edifica contra ela fortificações, levanta contra ela tranqueiras e põe contra ela arraiais e aríetes em redor. 3 Toma também uma assadeira de ferro e põe-na por muro de ferro entre ti e a cidade; dirige para ela o rosto, e assim será cercada, e a cercarás; isto servirá de sinal para a casa de Israel.

4 Deita-te também sobre o teu lado esquerdo e põe a iniquidade da casa de Israel sobre ele; conforme o número dos dias que te deitares sobre ele, levarás sobre ti a iniquidade dela. 5 Porque eu te dei os anos da sua iniquidade, segundo o número dos dias, trezentos e noventa dias; e levarás sobre ti a iniquidade da casa de Israel. 6 Quando tiveres cumprido estes dias, deitar-te-ás sobre o teu lado direito e levarás sobre ti a iniquidade da casa de Judá. 7 Quarenta dias te dei, cada dia por um ano. Voltarás, pois, o rosto para o cerco de Jerusalém, com o teu braço descoberto, e profetizarás contra ela. 8 Eis que te prenderei com cordas; assim não te voltarás de um lado para o outro, até que cumpras os dias do teu cerco.

9 Toma trigo e cevada, favas e lentilhas, aveia e centeio, mete-os numa vasilha e faze deles pão; segundo o número dos dias que te deitares sobre o teu lado, trezentos e noventa dias, comerás dele. 10 A tua comida será por peso, vinte siclos por dia; de tempo em tempo, a comerás. 11 Também beberás a água por medida, a sexta parte de um him; de tempo em tempo, a beberás. 12 O que comeres será como bolos de cevada; cozê-lo-ás sobre esterco de homem, à vista do povo. 13 Disse o Senhor: Assim comerão os filhos de Israel o seu pão imundo, entre as nações para onde os lançarei. 14 Então, disse eu: ah! Senhor Deus! Eis que a minha alma não foi contaminada, pois, desde a minha mocidade até agora, nunca comi animal morto de si mesmo nem dilacerado por feras, nem carne abominável entrou na minha boca. 15 Então, ele me disse: Dei-te esterco de vacas, em lugar de esterco humano; sobre ele prepararás o teu pão. 16 Disse-me ainda: Filho do homem, eis que eu tirarei o sustento de pão em Jerusalém; comerão o pão por peso e, com ansiedade, beberão a água por medida e com espanto; 17 porque lhes faltará o pão e a água, espantar-se-ão uns com os outros e se consumirão nas suas iniquidades.

1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem: 2 and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about. 3 And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 Moreover lie thou 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 appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6 And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee. 7 And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it. 8 And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, 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, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man. 13 And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them. 14 Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! 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 of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth. 15 Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon. 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 fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay: 17 that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

1 "Now, son of man, take a block of clay, put it in front of you and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.

2 Then lay siege to it: Erect siege works against it, build a ramp up to it, set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.

3 Then take an iron pan, place it as an iron wall between you and the city and turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the people of Israel.

4 "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the people of Israel upon yourself. "You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.

5 I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for 390 days you will bear the sin of the people of Israel.

6 "After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.

7 Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.

8 I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.

9 "Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.

10 Weigh out twenty shekels "of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.

11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin "of water and drink it at set times.

12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel."

13 The LORD said, "In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them."

14 Then I said, "Not so, Sovereign LORD! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth."

15 "Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow dung instead of human excrement."

16 He then said to me: "Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,

17 for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of "their sin.