1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and portray upon it a city, even Jerusalem:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou also, son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- thee a tile H3843 (לְבֵנָה) — a brick (from the whiteness of the clay)
- and lay H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- it before H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- thee, and pourtray H2710 (חָקַק) — properly, to hack, i.e. engrave (Judges 5:14, to be a scribe simply); by implication, to enact (laws being cut in stone or metal tablets in primitive times) or…
- upon it the city H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
2 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And lay H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- siege H4692 (מָצוֹר) — something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
- against it, and build H1129 (בָּנָה) — to build (literally and figuratively)
- a fort H1785 (דָּיֵק) — a battering-tower
- against it, and cast H8210 (שָׁפַךְ) — to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e. to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensi…
- a mount H5550 (סֹלְלָה) — a military mound, i.e. rampart of besiegers
- against it; set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- the camp H4264 (מַחֲנֶה) — an encampment (of travellers or troops); hence, an army, whether literal (of soldiers) or figurative (of dancers, angels, cattle, locusts, stars; or even the sa…
- also against it, and set H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- rams H3733 (כַּר) — a ram (as full-grown and fat), including a battering-ram (as butting); hence, a meadow (as for sheep); also a pad or camel's saddle (as puffed out)
- against it round about H5439 (סָבִיב) — (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
3 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Moreover take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- thou unto thee an iron H1270 (בַּרְזֶל) — iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- pan H4227 (מַחֲבַת) — a pan for baking in
- and set H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- a wall H7023 (קִיר) — a wall (as built in a trench)
- of iron H1270 (בַּרְזֶל) — iron (as cutting); by extension, an iron implement
- between thee and the city H5892 (עִיר) — a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- and set H3559 (כּוּן) — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, a…
- thy face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- against it, and it shall be besieged H4692 (מָצוֹר) — something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
- and thou shalt lay siege H6696 (צוּר) — to cramp, i.e. confine (in many applications, literally and figuratively, formative or hostile)
- a sign H226 (אוֹת) — a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.
- to the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
4 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- thou also upon thy left H8042 (שְׂמָאלִי) — situated on the left side
- side H6654 (צַד) — a side; figuratively, an adversary
- and lay H7760 (שׂוּם) — to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
- the iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- to the number H4557 (מִסְפָּר) — a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
- of the days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that thou shalt lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- upon it thou shalt bear H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- their iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
5 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- For I have laid H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- upon thee the years H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
- of their iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- according to the number H4557 (מִסְפָּר) — a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
- of the days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- three H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- hundred H3967 (מֵאָה) — a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- and ninety H8673 (תִּשְׁעִים) — ninety
- days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- so shalt thou bear H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- the iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
6 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And when thou hast accomplished H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
- them H428 (אֵלֶּה) — these or those
- lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- again H8145 (שֵׁנִי) — properly, double, i.e. second; also adverbially, again
- on thy right H3227 (יְמִינִי) — right
- on thy right H3233 (יְמָנִי) — right (i.e. at the right hand)
- side H6654 (צַד) — a side; figuratively, an adversary
- and thou shalt bear H5375 (נָשָׂא) — to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
- the iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil
- of the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
- of Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
- forty H705 (אַרְבָּעִים) — forty
- days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- I have appointed H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- thee each day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- for a year H8141 (שָׁנֶה) — a year (as a revolution of time)
7 And thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, with thine arm uncovered; and thou shalt prophesy against it.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Therefore thou shalt set H3559 (כּוּן) — properly, to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular); hence (causatively) to set up, in a great variety of applications, whether literal (establish, fix, prepare, a…
- thy face H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
- toward the siege H4692 (מָצוֹר) — something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
- of Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- and thine arm H2220 (זְרוֹעַ) — the arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force
- uncovered H2834 (חָשַׂף) — to strip off, i.e. generally to make naked (for exertion or in disgrace), to drain away or bail up (a liquid)
- and thou shalt prophesy H5012 (נָבָא) — to prophesy, i.e. speak (or sing) by inspiration (in prediction or simple discourse)
8 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And, behold, I will lay H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- bands H5688 (עֲבֹת) — something intwined, i.e. a string, wreath or foliage
- upon thee, and thou shalt not turn H2015 (הָפַךְ) — to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
- thee from one side H6654 (צַד) — a side; figuratively, an adversary
- to another H6654 (צַד) — a side; figuratively, an adversary
- till thou hast ended H3615 (כָּלָה) — to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
- the days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- of thy siege H4692 (מָצוֹר) — something hemming in, i.e. (objectively) a mound (of besiegers), (abstractly) a siege, (figuratively) distress; or (subjectively) a fastness
9 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Take H3947 (לָקַח) — to take (in the widest variety of applications)
- thou also unto thee wheat H2406 (חִטָּה) — wheat, whether the grain or the plant
- and barley H8184 (שְׂעֹרָה) — barley (as villose)
- and beans H6321 (פּוֹל) — a bean (as plump)
- and lentiles H5742 (עָדָשׁ) — a lentil
- and millet H1764 (דֹּחַן) — millet
- and fitches H3698 (כֻּסֶּמֶת) — spelt (from its bristliness as if just shorn)
- and put H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- them in one H259 (אֶחָד) — properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
- vessel H3627 (כְּלִי) — something prepared, i.e. any apparatus (as an implement, utensil, dress, vessel or weapon)
- and make H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- thee bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- to the number H4557 (מִסְפָּר) — a number, definite (arithmetical) or indefinite (large, innumerable; small, a few); also (abstractly) narration
- of the days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- that thou shalt lie H7901 (שָׁכַב) — to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
- upon thy side H6654 (צַד) — a side; figuratively, an adversary
- three H7969 (שָׁלוֹשׁ) — three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
- hundred H3967 (מֵאָה) — a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
- and ninety H8673 (תִּשְׁעִים) — ninety
- days H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- shalt thou eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
10 And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And thy meat H3978 (מַאֲכָל) — an eatable (includ. provender, flesh and fruit)
- which thou shalt eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- by weight H4946 (מִשְׁקוֹל) — weight
- twenty H6242 (עֶשְׂרִים) — twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
- shekels H8255 (שֶׁקֶל) — probably a weight; used as a commercial standard
- a day H3117 (יוֹם) — a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated ter…
- from time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- to time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- shalt thou eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
11 And thou shalt drink water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Thou shalt drink H8354 (שָׁתָה) — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- also water H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- by measure H4884 (מְשׂוּרָה) — a measure (for liquids)
- the sixth part H8345 (שִׁשִּׁי) — sixth, ordinal or (feminine) fractional
- of an hin H1969 (הִין) — a hin or liquid measure
- from time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- to time H6256 (עֵת) — time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc.
- shalt thou drink H8354 (שָׁתָה) — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And thou shalt eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- barley H8184 (שְׂעֹרָה) — barley (as villose)
- cakes H5692 (עֻגָּה) — an ashcake (as round)
- and thou shalt bake H5746 (עוּג) — to bake (round cakes on the hearth)
- it with dung H1561 (גֵּלֶל) — dung (plural balls of dung)
- that cometh out H6627 (צָאָה) — issue, i.e. (human) excrement
- of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- in their sight H5869 (עַיִן) — an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)
13 And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- And Yhwh H3068 (יְהֹוָה) — (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
- said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- Even thus shall the children H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- their defiled H2931 (טָמֵא) — foul in a religious sense
- bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- among the Gentiles H1471 (גּוֹי) — a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
- whither I will drive H5080 (נָדַח) — to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
14 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.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Then said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- I, Ah H162 (אֲהָהּ) — Oh!
- Lord H136 (אֲדֹנָי) — the Lord (used as a proper name of God only)
- Yhwh H3069 (יְהֹוִה)
- behold, my soul H5315 (נֶפֶשׁ) — properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
- hath not been polluted H2930 (טָמֵא) — to be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral sense (contaminated)
- for from my youth H5271 (נָעוּר) — (only in plural collective or emphatic form) youth, the state (juvenility) or the persons (young people)
- up even till now have I not eaten H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- of that which dieth of itself H5038 (נְבֵלָה) — a flabby thing, i.e. a carcase or carrion (human or bestial, often collectively); figuratively, an idol
- or is torn in pieces H2966 (טְרֵפָה) — prey, i.e. flocks devoured by animals
- neither came H935 (בּוֹא) — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
- there abominable H6292 (פִּגּוּל) — properly, fetid, i.e. (figuratively) unclean (ceremonially)
- flesh H1320 (בָּשָׂר) — flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of a man
- into my mouth H6310 (פֶּה) — the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) acc…
15 Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Then he said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- unto me, Lo H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
- I have given H5414 (נָתַן) — to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
- thee cow’s H1241 (בָּקָר) — a beeve or an animal of the ox family of either gender (as used for plowing); collectively, a herd
- dung H6832 (צְפוּעַ) — excrement (as protruded)
- for man’s H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- dung H1561 (גֵּלֶל) — dung (plural balls of dung)
- and thou shalt prepare H6213 (עָשָׂה) — to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
- thy bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
16 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:Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- Moreover he said H559 (אָמַר) — to say (used with great latitude)
- unto me, Son H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…
- of man H120 (אָדָם) — ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
- behold, I will break H7665 (שָׁבַר) — to burst (literally or figuratively)
- the staff H4294 (מַטֶּה) — a branch (as extending); figuratively, a tribe; also a rod, whether for chastising (figuratively, correction), ruling (a sceptre), throwing (a lance), or walkin…
- of bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- in Jerusalem H3389 (יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם) — Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
- and they shall eat H398 (אָכַל) — to eat (literally or figuratively)
- bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- by weight H4948 (מִשְׁקָל) — weight (numerically estimated); hence, weighing (the act)
- and with care H1674 (דְּאָגָה) — anxiety
- and they shall drink H8354 (שָׁתָה) — to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
- water H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- by measure H4884 (מְשׂוּרָה) — a measure (for liquids)
- and with astonishment H8078 (שִׁמָּמוֹן) — stupefaction
17 that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):- That they may want H2637 (חָסֵר) — to lack; by implication, to fail, want, lessen
- bread H3899 (לֶחֶם) — food (for man or beast), especially bread, or grain (for making it)
- and water H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- and be astonied H8074 (שָׁמֵם) — to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive sense)
- one H376 (אִישׁ) — a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- with another H251 (אָח) — a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance [like 1])
- and consume away H4743 (מָקַק) — to melt; figuratively, to flow, dwindle, vanish
- for their iniquity H5771 (עָוֺן) — perversity, i.e. (moral) evil