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Ezekiel 4:3

1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

2 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 battering rams against it round about.

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.

4 Lie thou also 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 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.

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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

    Behold, I and the children whom the LORD hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

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  • Ezekiel 12:6

    In their sight shalt thou bear it upon thy shoulders, and carry it forth in the twilight: thou shalt cover thy face, that thou see not the ground: for I have set thee for a sign unto the house of Israel.

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  • Isaiah 20:3

    And the LORD said, Like as my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;

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  • Ezekiel 12:11

    Say, I am your sign: like as I have done, so shall it be done unto them: they shall remove and go into captivity.

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  • Ezekiel 24:24–27

    Thus Ezekiel is unto you a sign: according to all that he hath done shall ye do: and when this cometh, ye shall know that I am the Lord GOD.

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  • Hebrews 2:4

    God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

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  • Leviticus 2:5

    And if thy oblation be a meat offering baken in a pan, it shall be of fine flour unleavened, mingled with oil.

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  • Luke 2:34

    And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;

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