{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/asv/ezekiel/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T15:32:04.599Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","book":"Ezekiel","bookSlug":"ezekiel","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":48,"totalVerses":17},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"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:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 4 (ASV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 4](https://primebible.com/asv/ezekiel/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/ezekiel/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}