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Ezekiel 4:3

1 “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you, and draw on it the city of Jerusalem.

2 Then lay siege against it: Construct a siege wall, build a ramp to it, set up camps against it, and place battering rams around it on all sides.

Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

4 Then lie down on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their iniquity for the number of days you lie on your side.

5 For I have assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

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BSB
Then take an iron plate and set it up as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Turn your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
KJV
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.
WEB
Take for yourself an iron pan and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city. Then set your face toward it. It will be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
ASV
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.
DARBY
And take thou unto thee an iron plate, and put 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.
BLB
And you, take for yourself a plate of iron and set it up [as] a wall of iron between you and between the city, and set firm your face against it; and it shall come to be under siege, and you shall lay siege against it. This [is] a sign for the house of Israel.
ÅB
Og ta deg så en jernpanne og sett den som en jernvegg mellom deg og byen og vend ditt ansikt mot den, så den blir kringsatt, og du kringsetter den. Dette skal være et tegn for Israels hus.
OTB
Ta så en jernplate og sett den opp som en jernmur mellom deg og byen, og vend ansiktet ditt mot den. Den skal være under beleiring, og du skal beleire den. Dette skal være et tegn for Israels hus.
B1930
Og ta dig så en jernpanne og sett den som en jernvegg mellem dig og byen og vend ditt ansikt mot den, så den blir kringsatt, og du kringsetter den. Dette skal være et tegn for Israels hus.

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  • Isaiah 8:18

    Here am I, and the children the LORD has given me as signs and symbols in Israel from the LORD of Hosts, who dwells on Mount Zion.

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  • Ezekiel 12:6

    And as they watch, lift your bags to your shoulder and take them out at dusk; cover your face so that you cannot see the land. For I have made you a sign to the house of Israel.”

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  • Isaiah 20:3

    Then the LORD said, “Just as My servant Isaiah has gone naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and omen against Egypt and Cush,

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  • Ezekiel 12:11

    You are to say, ‘I am a sign to you.’ Just as it happened here, so will it be done to them; they will go into exile as captives.

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  • Ezekiel 24:24–27

    ‘Thus Ezekiel will be a sign for you; you will do everything that he has done. When this happens, you will know that I am the Lord GOD.’

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  • Hebrews 2:4

    and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.

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  • Leviticus 2:5

    If your offering is a grain offering prepared on a griddle, it must be unleavened bread made of fine flour mixed with oil.

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  • Luke 2:34

    Then Simeon blessed them and said to His mother Mary: “Behold, this Child is appointed to cause the rise and fall of many in Israel, and to be a sign that will be spoken against,

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