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“Meanwhile continue your demonstration of the siege of Jerusalem; lie there with your arm bared to signify great strength and power in the attack against her.[a] This will prophesy her doom. And I will paralyze you[b] so that you can’t turn over from one side to the other until you have completed all the days of your siege.

“During the first 390 days eat bread made of flour mixed from wheat, barley, beans, lentils, and spelt. Mix the various kinds of flour together in a jar.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:7 to signify great strength and power in the attack against her, implied.
  2. Ezekiel 4:8 paralyze you, literally, “lay bands upon you.”

Turn your face(A) toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her. I will tie you up with ropes so that you cannot turn from one side to the other until you have finished the days of your siege.(B)

“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt;(C) put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.

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