{"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/kjv/ezekiel/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T09:42:30.682Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","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 pourtray upon it the city, <i>even</i> Jerusalem:"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"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 <i>battering</i> rams against it round about."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it <i>for</i> 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 <i>shall be</i> a sign to the house of Israel."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: <i>according</i> to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm <i>shall be</i> uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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, <i>according</i> to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And thy meat which thou shalt eat <i>shall be</i> by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"And thou shalt eat it <i>as</i> barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith."},{"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 care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:"},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity."}],"citation":{"inline":"Ezekiel 4 (KJV)","markdown":"[Ezekiel 4](https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/ezekiel/4 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}