Ezekiel 4:1

AMP: “Now you, son of man, take a brick, place it before you and inscribe on it [a diagram of] the city of Jerusalem.

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

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

DARBY: And thou, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, Jerusalem:

DRA: And thou, O son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee: and draw upon it the plan of the city of Jerusalem.

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

Ezekiel 4:2

AMP: Then lay siege against it, build a siege wall, raise a ramp against it; set up [enemy] camps and place battering rams all around it.

ASV: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast up a mound against it; set camps also against it, and plant battering rams against it round about.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: and lay siege against it, and build forts against it, and cast a mound against it, and set camps against it, and place battering-rams against it round about.

DRA: And lay siege against it, and build forts, and cast up a mount, and set a camp against it, and place battering rams round about it.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:3

AMP: Further, take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between you and the city, and set your face toward it so that it is under siege, and besiege it. This is 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.

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.

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.

DRA: And take unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face resolutely against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: it is 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.

Ezekiel 4:4

AMP: “Then lie down on your left side (toward the north) to bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel. You shall bear their wickedness and punishment for the number of days that you lie on your side.

ASV: Moreover lie thou 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.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: And thou, lie upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: the number of the days that thou liest upon it, thou shalt bear their iniquity.

DRA: And thou shalt sleep upon thy left side, and shalt lay the iniquities of the house of Israel upon it, according to the number of the days that thou shalt sleep upon it, and thou shalt take upon thee their iniquity.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:5

AMP: For I have assigned you the years of their wickedness and punishment, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days [representing three hundred and ninety years]; in this way you shall bear [symbolically] the wickedness and punishment of the house of Israel.

ASV: For I have appointed the years of their iniquity to be unto thee a number of days, even three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: And I have appointed thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

DRA: And I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days three hundred and ninety days: and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:6

AMP: When you have completed these [days for Israel], lie down again, but on your right side (toward the south), and you shall bear the wickedness and punishment of the house of Judah forty days. I have assigned you one day for each year.

ASV: And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: And when thou hast accomplished them, thou shalt 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.

DRA: And when thou hast accomplished this, thou shalt sleep again upon thy right side, and thou shalt take upon thee the iniquity of the house of Juda forty days: a day for it year, yea, a day for a year I have appointed to thee.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:7

AMP: Then you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and 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.

BSB: You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and 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.

DRA: And thou shalt turn thy face to the siege of Jerusalem, and thy arm shall be stretched out: and thou shalt 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.

Ezekiel 4:8

AMP: Now behold, I will put ropes on you so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have completed the days of your siege.

ASV: And, behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to the other, till thou hast accomplished the days of thy siege.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: And behold, I lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

DRA: Behold I have encompassed thee with bands: and thou shalt not turn thyself from one side to the other, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:9

AMP: “But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them into one vessel and make them into bread for yourself. You shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days.

ASV: Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, 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, even three hundred and ninety days, shalt thou eat thereof.

BSB: 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.

DARBY: And thou, take unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, [according to] the number of the days that thou liest upon thy side: three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

DRA: And take to thee wheat and barley, and beans, and lentils, 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.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:10

AMP: The food you eat each day shall be [measured] by weight, twenty shekels, to be eaten daily at a set time.

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

BSB: You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

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

DRA: And thy meat that thou shalt eat, shall be in weight twenty staters a day: from time to time thou shalt eat it.

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

Ezekiel 4:11

AMP: You shall drink water by measure also, the sixth part of a hin; you shall drink daily at a set time.

ASV: And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

BSB: You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.

DARBY: And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

DRA: And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time thou shalt drink it,

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

Ezekiel 4:12

AMP: You shall eat your food as barley cakes, having baked it in their sight over human dung.”

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

BSB: And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”

DARBY: And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

DRA: And thou shalt eat it as barley bread baked under the ashes: and thou shalt cover it, in their sight, with the dung that cometh out of a man.

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

Ezekiel 4:13

AMP: Then the Lord said, “Thus the children of Israel will eat their bread unclean and defiled among the nations where I will banish them.” [Hos 9:3]

ASV: And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

BSB: Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

DARBY: And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.

DRA: And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel Beat their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them out.

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

Ezekiel 4:14

AMP: But I said, “Ah, Lord God! Behold (hear me), I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died on its own or was torn by beasts, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth.” [Acts 10:14]

ASV: Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! 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 of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

BSB: “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

DARBY: Then said I, Ah, Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been defiled, and from my youth up even until now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or of that which is torn; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

DRA: And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold my soul hath not been defiled, and from my infancy even till now, I have not eaten any thing that died of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no unclean flesh hath entered into my mouth.

KJV: 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.

Ezekiel 4:15

AMP: Then He said to me, “See, I will let you use cow’s dung instead of human dung over which you shall prepare your food.”

ASV: Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow`s dung for man`s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

BSB: “Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”

DARBY: And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

DRA: And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.

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

Ezekiel 4:16

AMP: Moreover, He said to me, “Son of man, behold (listen carefully), I am going to break the staff of bread [that supports life] in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread [rationed] by weight and [eat it] with anxiety and fear, and drink water by measure and [drink it] in horror [of the impending starvation], [Lev 26:26; Ps 105:16; Is 3:1]

ASV: 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 fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

BSB: Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.

DARBY: And he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

DRA: And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.

KJV: 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:

Ezekiel 4:17

AMP: because bread and water will be scarce; and they will look at one another in dismay and waste away [in punishment] for their wickedness.

ASV: that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.

BSB: So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.[’’]

DARBY: because bread and water shall fail them, and they shall be astonied one with another, and waste away in their iniquity.

DRA: So that when bread and water fail, every man may fall against his brother, and they may pine away in their iniquities.

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

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