An Attack on Jerusalem Is Pictured
1“Son of man, get a block of clay. Put it in front of you. Draw the city of Jerusalem on it. 2Then pretend to surround it and attack it. Make some little models of war machines. Build a ramp up to it. Set camps up around it. Surround it with models of logs to be used for knocking down its gates. 3Then get an iron pan. Put it between you and the city. Pretend it is an iron wall. Turn your face toward the city. It will be under attack when you begin to attack it. That will show the people of Israel what is going to happen to Jerusalem.
4“Next, lie down on your left side. Pretend that you are putting Israel’s sin on yourself. Keep their sin on you for the number of days you lie on your side. 5Let each day you lie there stand for one year of their sin. So you will keep Israel’s sin on you for 390 days.
6“After you have finished this, lie down again. This time lie on your right side. Pretend that you are putting Judah’s sin on yourself. Lie there for 40 days. That is one day for each year of their sin. 7Next, turn your face toward the model of Jerusalem under attack. Uncover your arm as if you were a soldier ready to fight. Prophesy against the city. 8I will tie you up with ropes. Then you will not be able to turn from one side to the other. You will stay that way until you have finished attacking Jerusalem.
9“Get some wheat and barley. Also get some beans and lentils. And get some millet and spelt. Put everything in a storage jar. Use it to make some bread for yourself. Eat it during the 390 days you are lying down on your side. 10Weigh out eight ounces of food to eat each day. Eat it at your regular mealtimes. 11Also measure out two-thirds of a quart of water. Drink it at your regular mealtimes. 12Eat your food as you would eat a loaf of barley bread. Bake it over human waste in front of the people.” 13The Lord said, “That is how the people of Israel will eat ‘unclean’ food. They will eat it in the nations where I will drive them.”
14Then I said, “No, Lord and King! I won’t do this! I’ve never eaten anything ‘unclean.’ From the time I was young until now, I’ve never eaten anything that was found dead. And I’ve never eaten anything torn apart by wild animals. ‘Unclean’ meat has never entered my mouth.”
15“All right,” he said. “I will let you bake your bread over waste from cows. You can use that instead of human waste.”
16He continued, “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will be worried as they eat their tiny share of food. They will not have any hope as they drink their tiny share of water. 17There will be very little food and water. The people will be shocked as they look at one another. They will become weaker and weaker because of their sin.
耶路撒冷被困的預兆
1「人子啊，你去拿一塊磚放在自己面前，把耶路撒冷城畫在上面。 2然後圍困這城，建壘築臺，紮營圍攻，四面架起撞城錘。 3拿一個鐵盤當作鐵牆放在你和城中間。你要面向這城，圍困攻擊這城。這是給以色列人的一個徵兆。
4「你要向左側臥，擔當以色列人的罪惡。要用你向左側臥的天數擔當以色列人的罪惡。 5他們犯罪多少年，我要讓你側臥多少天。你要擔當以色列人的罪惡三百九十天。 6然後，你再向右側臥，擔當猶大的罪惡四十天。你側臥的天數代表他們犯罪的年數。 7你要面向被圍困的耶路撒冷，光著臂膀說預言斥責這城。 8我要用繩索捆綁你，使你不能側轉，直到你圍城的日子期滿。
9「你要拿小麥、大麥、豆、扁豆、小米和粗麥裝在器皿中用來為自己做餅，作為你三百九十天側臥期間的糧食。 10你每天要按時按量吃二百克， 11每天要按時按量喝六百毫升水。 12你要像吃大麥餅一樣吃這些餅，要在眾人面前用人糞來烤餅。」 13耶和華說：「我把以色列人驅逐到各國的時候，他們也要這樣吃不潔淨的食物。」
14我說：「唉，主耶和華啊！我從來沒有玷污過自己，我自幼至今從未吃過自然死去的或被野獸撕碎的動物，不潔淨的肉從未入過我的口。」 15於是祂對我說：「好吧，我容許你用牛糞代替人糞來烤餅。」 16又說：「人子啊，我要斷絕耶路撒冷的糧源，叫他們焦慮地吃限量的餅，恐懼地喝限量的水。 17他們必缺糧少水，絕望地面面相覷，因自己的罪惡而滅亡。」
