| International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 1"And now Son of Man, you are to take a brick, set it in front of you, and inscribe on it the outline of the city—that is, Jerusalem. | 1“And now, son of man, take a large clay brick and set it down in front of you. Then draw a map of the city of Jerusalem on it. |
| 2You are to lay siege against it, build a rampart around it, set a bulwark against it, encircle it with a berm, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it. | 2Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and surround the city with siege ramps and battering rams. |
| 3Then you are to take a flat, iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. "Next, you are to turn toward it, oppose it, and place it under siege, because you are to lay siege to it. All of this will serve as a sign to the house of Israel. | 3Then take an iron griddle and place it between you and the city. Turn toward the city and demonstrate how harsh the siege will be against Jerusalem. This will be a warning to the people of Israel. |
| 4"Now as for you, you are to sleep on your left side, symbolically bearing the punishment of the house of Israel while you're counting the days you'll be sleeping on your left side to bear symbolically the punishment for their sin. | 4“Now lie on your left side and place the sins of Israel on yourself. You are to bear their sins for the number of days you lie there on your side. |
| 5I've assigned you to sleep this way for 390 days, representing the years they've been sinning, as you bear symbolically the punishment of the house of Israel. | 5I am requiring you to bear Israel’s sins for 390 days—one day for each year of their sin. |
| 6When you have completed this, you are to sleep on your right side, symbolically bearing the iniquity of Judah for 40 days. Each day that I've assigned to you represents one year. | 6After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days—one day for each year of Judah’s sin. |
| 7After this, you are to turn toward the rampart of Jerusalem and oppose it with your bare arms, because I'm going to prophesy about it. | 7“Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her destruction. |
| 8Look! I'll tie you up so that you're unable to turn from one side to the other until you've completed your siege." | 8I will tie you up with ropes so you won’t be able to turn from side to side until the days of your siege have been completed. |
| 9"Furthermore, you are to take some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and mix them together in one container. Then you are to make bread from these grains sufficient to supply you through the time during which you'll be sleeping on your side. You are to eat it for 390 days. | 9“Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side. |
| 10The food that you'll be eating is to consist of portions weighing 20 shekels, to be consumed daily at regular intervals. | 10Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times. |
| 11You are to measure one sixth of one hin of water each time you drink it. | 11Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times. |
| 12You are to eat it as barley cakes and bake it right in front of them, using dried human dung for cooking fuel." | 12Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire using dried human dung as fuel and then eat the bread.” |
| 13Then the LORD said, "This is how the Israelis will be eating unclean food among the nations, where I'll be sending them." | 13Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!” |
| 14"Now, Lord GOD," I replied, "I've never been defiled, ever since I was young until now. I haven't eaten an animal that died on its own or was torn by beasts, and no unclean meat has ever entered my mouth!" | 14Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled before. From the time I was a child until now I have never eaten any animal that died of sickness or was killed by other animals. I have never eaten any meat forbidden by the law.” |
| 15"Okay," he responded. "I'll allow you to substitute cow's dung for human dung. Cook your food over that." | 15“All right,” the LORD said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.” |
| 16He also told me, "Son of Man, look! I'm about to disrupt the source of bread in Jerusalem. As a result, they'll ration bread by weight while their terror continues to grow and they'll ration drinking water while their horror continues to mount! | 16Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay. |
| 17Indeed, they'll need bread and water, but everyone will be panic-stricken as they waste away in their iniquity." | 17Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment. |
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