Ezekiel 4

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

You too, my child, grab a tile and place it before you. With all your heart, draw upon it the city of Jerusalem.

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.

Surround it, build strongholds against it, pile up barriers around it. Set up your camps and prepare your weapons to attack it from all sides.

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.

Grab an iron pan, let it be a strong iron wall between you and the city. Set your face against it: it will be under siege, and you are the one besieging it. This will be a sign for the people of Israel.

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.

Rest on your left side, carrying the weight of Israel's wrongdoings. The length of your rest symbolizes the burden of their sins you bear.

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.

I've placed upon you the weight of their wrongdoings, equal to 390 days. You must carry the burden of Israel's sins.

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.

Once you've finished your tasks, rest on your right side. You'll carry the burden of Judah's sins for forty days, with each day representing a year.

Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

Turn your gaze towards the besieged Jerusalem, bare your arm, and speak out against it.

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.

I will bind you tightly, preventing you from moving side to side, until the days of your struggle are over.

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, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

Gather wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and fitches. Mix them all in one pot and bake bread. Eat this bread for the 390 days you'll be lying on your side.

And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.

Weigh out your food, twenty shekels a day, and eat it only at set times.

Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

You must ration your water, only a small portion at a time, sipping it throughout the day.

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

You shall consume it like barley bread, and you shall prepare it using human waste, all under their watchful eyes.

And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

The Lord declared, "This is how the children of Israel will consume their tainted bread among foreigners, to where I will send them."

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.

With a sigh, I cried out, "Oh, Lord! Look, my spirit remains pure. Since my early days until now, I've never consumed anything that died naturally or was torn apart. I've never let any disgusting meat touch my lips."

Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

He told me, "See, I've given you cow dung instead of human waste to make your bread."

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:

He told me, "Human, listen, I will disrupt the supply of bread in Jerusalem. People will ration their bread, eating with worry. They will measure their water, drinking in shock."

That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

So they will lack food and water, be appalled at the sight of one another, and slowly waste away because of their wrongdoings.