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Ezekiel 4:7

Jerusalem

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.

6 When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.

You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

8 Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

9 But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.
KJV
Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
WEB
You shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with your arm uncovered; and you shall prophesy against it.
ASV
And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.
DARBY
And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.
BLB
And toward the siege of Jerusalem you shall set firm your face, and [with] your arm uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.
ÅB
Og du skal vende ditt åsyn og din nakne arm mot det kringsatte Jerusalem og profetere mot det.
OTB
Vend ansiktet ditt mot Jerusalems beleiring og med blottet arm profeter mot den.
B1930
Og du skal vende ditt åsyn og din nakne arm mot det kringsatte Jerusalem og profetere mot det.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 52:10

    The LORD has bared His holy arm in the sight of all the nations; all the ends of the earth will see the salvation of our God.

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  • Ezekiel 21:2

    “Son of man, set your face against Jerusalem and preach against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel

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  • Ezekiel 6:2

    “Son of man, set your face against the mountains of Israel and prophesy against them.

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  • Ezekiel 4:3

    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.

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