VIN(i)
1 »Son of man, take a clay tablet and put it in front of you. Draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
2 "Then lay siege to it. Erect siege works against it. Build a ramp up to it. Set up camps against it and put battering rams around it.
3 "Take an iron pan and place it as an iron wall between you and the city. Then turn your face toward it. It will be under siege, and you shall besiege it. This will be a sign to the house of Israel.
4 "Then lie on your left side and put the sin of the house of Israel upon yourself. You are to bear their sin for the number of days you lie on your side.
5 "I have assigned you the same number of days as the years of their sin. So for three hundred and ninety days you will bear the sin of the house of Israel.
6 "After you have finished this lie down again. This time lie on your right side, and bear the sin of the house of Judah. I have assigned you forty days, a day for each year.
7 "Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem and with bared arm prophesy against her.
8 "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.