## Ezekiel Chapter 4

###### Ezekiel 4:1
[Ezekiel 4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:1)

וְאַתָּ֤ה בֶן־אָדָם֙ קַח־לְךָ֣ לְבֵנָ֔ה וְנָתַתָּ֥ה אוֹתָ֖הּ לְפָנֶ֑יךָ וְחַקּוֹתָ֥ עָלֶ֛יהָ עִ֖יר אֶת־יְרוּשָׁלָֽ͏ִם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou also, son of man, take thee a brick, and lay it before thee, and trace upon it a city, namely, Yerushalayim:


###### Ezekiel 4:2
[Ezekiel 4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:2)

וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֜יהָ מָצ֗וֹר וּבָנִ֤יתָ עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ דָּיֵ֔ק וְשָׁפַכְתָּ֥ עָלֶ֖יהָ סֹלְלָ֑ה וְנָתַתָּ֨ה עָלֶ֧יהָ מַחֲנ֛וֹת וְשִׂים־עָלֶ֥יהָ כָּרִ֖ים סָבִֽיב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
and lay siege against it, and build a siege wall against it, and cast a mound against it; set camps also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.


###### Ezekiel 4:3
[Ezekiel 4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:3)

וְאַתָּ֤ה קַח־לְךָ֙ מַחֲבַ֣ת בַּרְזֶ֔ל וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָהּ֙ קִ֣יר בַּרְזֶ֔ל בֵּינְךָ֖ וּבֵ֣ין הָעִ֑יר וַהֲכִינֹתָה֩ אֶת־פָּנֶ֨יךָ אֵלֶ֜יהָ וְהָיְתָ֤ה בַמָּצוֹר֙ וְצַרְתָּ֣ עָלֶ֔יהָ א֥וֹת הִ֖יא לְבֵ֥ית יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And take thou an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face towards it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Yisra᾽el.


###### Ezekiel 4:4
[Ezekiel 4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:4)

וְאַתָּ֤ה שְׁכַב֙ עַל־צִדְּךָ֣ הַשְּׂמָאלִ֔י וְשַׂמְתָּ֛ אֶת־עֲוֺ֥ן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עָלָ֑יו מִסְפַּ֤ר הַיָּמִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁכַּ֣ב עָלָ֔יו תִּשָּׂ֖א אֶת־עֲוֺנָֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover lie thou upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Yisra᾽el upon it: according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon it thou shalt bear their iniquity.


###### Ezekiel 4:5
[Ezekiel 4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:5)

וַאֲנִ֗י נָתַ֤תִּֽי לְךָ֙ אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י עֲוֺנָ֔ם לְמִסְפַּ֣ר יָמִ֔ים שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֥וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֖ים י֑וֹם וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ עֲוֺ֥ן בֵּֽית־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For I have laid upon thee the years of their iniquity, by an equivalent number of days, three hundred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Yisra᾽el.


###### Ezekiel 4:6
[Ezekiel 4:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:6)

וְכִלִּיתָ֣ אֶת־אֵ֗לֶּה וְשָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜ עַֽל־צִדְּךָ֤ (הימיני) [הַיְמָנִי֙] שֵׁנִ֔ית וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ אֶת־עֲוֺ֣ן בֵּית־יְהוּדָ֑ה אַרְבָּעִ֣ים י֔וֹם י֧וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֛ה י֥וֹם לַשָּׁנָ֖ה נְתַתִּ֥יו לָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Yehuda: I have appointed thee forty days, each day for a year.


###### Ezekiel 4:7
[Ezekiel 4:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:7)

וְאֶל־מְצ֤וֹר יְרוּשָׁלַ֙͏ִם֙ תָּכִ֣ין פָּנֶ֔יךָ וּֽזְרֹעֲךָ֖ חֲשׂוּפָ֑ה וְנִבֵּאתָ֖ עָלֶֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore thou shalt set thy face towards the siege of Yerushalayim, and thy arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.


###### Ezekiel 4:8
[Ezekiel 4:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:8)

וְהִנֵּ֛ה נָתַ֥תִּי עָלֶ֖יךָ עֲבוֹתִ֑ים וְלֹֽא־תֵהָפֵ֤ךְ מִֽצִּדְּךָ֙ אֶל־צִדֶּ֔ךָ עַד־כַּלּוֹתְךָ֖ יְמֵ֥י מְצוּרֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And, behold, I will lay cords upon thee, so that thou shalt not be able to turn thyself from one side to another, till thou hast completed the days of thy siege.


###### Ezekiel 4:9
[Ezekiel 4:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:9)

וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֡ חִטִּ֡ין וּ֠שְׂעֹרִ֠ים וּפ֨וֹל וַעֲדָשִׁ֜ים וְדֹ֣חַן וְכֻסְּמִ֗ים וְנָתַתָּ֤ה אוֹתָם֙ בִּכְלִ֣י אֶחָ֔ד וְעָשִׂ֧יתָ אוֹתָ֛ם לְךָ֖ לְלָ֑חֶם מִסְפַּ֨ר הַיָּמִ֜ים אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֣ה**׀** שׁוֹכֵ֣ב עַֽל־צִדְּךָ֗ שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵא֧וֹת וְתִשְׁעִ֛ים י֖וֹם תֹּאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Take thou also wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentils, and millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread from them; for the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat it.


###### Ezekiel 4:10
[Ezekiel 4:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:10)

וּמַאֲכָֽלְךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאכְלֶ֔נּוּ בְּמִשְׁק֕וֹל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שֶׁ֖קֶל לַיּ֑וֹם מֵעֵ֥ת עַד־עֵ֖ת תֹּאכְלֶֽנּוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thy food which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: once a day shalt thou eat it.


###### Ezekiel 4:11
[Ezekiel 4:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:11)

וּמַ֛יִם בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה תִשְׁתֶּ֖ה שִׁשִּׁ֣ית הַהִ֑ין מֵעֵ֥ת עַד־עֵ֖ת תִּשְׁתֶּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of a hin: once a day shalt thou drink.


###### Ezekiel 4:12
[Ezekiel 4:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:12)

וְעֻגַ֥ת שְׂעֹרִ֖ים תֹּאכְלֶ֑נָּה וְהִ֗יא בְּגֶֽלְלֵי֙ צֵאַ֣ת הָֽאָדָ֔ם תְּעֻגֶ֖נָה לְעֵינֵיהֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And thou shalt eat it like barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with human excrement, in their sight.


###### Ezekiel 4:13
[Ezekiel 4:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:13)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר יְהֹוָ֔ה כָּ֣כָה יֹאכְל֧וּ בְנֵי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל אֶת־לַחְמָ֖ם טָמֵ֑א בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַדִּיחֵ֖ם שָֽׁם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And the Lord said, Thus shall the children of Yisra᾽el eat their bread, unclean, among the nations, whither I will drive them.


###### Ezekiel 4:14
[Ezekiel 4:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:14)

וָאֹמַ֗ר אֲהָהּ֙ אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֔ה הִנֵּ֥ה נַפְשִׁ֖י לֹ֣א מְטֻמָּאָ֑ה וּנְבֵלָ֨ה וּטְרֵפָ֤ה לֹא־אָכַ֙לְתִּי֙ מִנְּעוּרַ֣י וְעַד־עַ֔תָּה וְלֹא־בָ֥א בְּפִ֖י בְּשַׂ֥ר פִּגּֽוּל׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then I said, Ah Lord God, behold my soul has never been polluted: for from my youth up even till now I have not eaten that which dies of itself, or is torn by beasts, nor did loathsome meat ever come into my mouth.


###### Ezekiel 4:15
[Ezekiel 4:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:15)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔י רְאֵ֗ה נָתַ֤תִּֽי לְךָ֙ אֶת־[צְפִיעֵ֣י] (צפועי) הַבָּקָ֔ר תַּ֖חַת גֶּלְלֵ֣י הָאָדָ֑ם וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶֽת־לַחְמְךָ֖ עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃{ס}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung instead of human dung, and thou shalt pre­pare thy bread upon that.


###### Ezekiel 4:16
[Ezekiel 4:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:16)

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֗י בֶּן־אָדָם֙ הִנְנִ֨י שֹׁבֵ֤ר מַטֵּֽה־לֶ֙חֶם֙ בִּיר֣וּשָׁלַ֔͏ִם וְאָכְלוּ־לֶ֥חֶם בְּמִשְׁקָ֖ל וּבִדְאָגָ֑ה וּמַ֕יִם בִּמְשׂוּרָ֥ה וּבְשִׁמָּמ֖וֹן יִשְׁתּֽוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Yerushalayim: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with anxiety; and they shall drink water by measure, and in appalment:


###### Ezekiel 4:17
[Ezekiel 4:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Ezekiel/r/4:17)

לְמַ֥עַן יַחְסְר֖וּ לֶ֣חֶם וָמָ֑יִם וְנָשַׁ֙מּוּ֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאָחִ֔יו וְנָמַ֖קּוּ בַּעֲוֺנָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
that they may lack bread and water, and be appalled with one another, and waste away for their iniquity.