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EZEKIEL BEARING

THE INIQUITY OF

"THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL"

AND OF

"THE HOUSE OF JUDAH"

EZEKIEL BEARING THE INIQUITY OF ISRAEL

EZEK. IV:1-17-B. C. 595

1 Thou also, son of man, take thee a tile, and lay it before thee, and pourtray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

7 Therefore thou shalt set thy face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and thine arm shall be uncovered, and thou shalt prophesy against it.

8 And, behold, I will lay bands 2 And lay siege against it, and upon thee, and thou shalt not turn build a fort against it, and cast a thee from one side to another till mount against it; set the camp thou hast ended the days of thy also against it, and set battering siege. rams against it round about.

3 Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, 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, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

4 Lie thou also upon thy left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according 10 And thy meat which thou to the number of the days that shalt eat shall be by weight, twenthou shalt lie upon it thou shalt ty shekels a day: from time to bear their iniquity.

5 For I have laid upon thee the

time shalt thou eat it.

11 Thou shalt drink also water

years of their iniquity, according by measure, the sixth part of an to the number of days, three hun- hin: from time to time shalt thou dred and ninety days: so shalt thou bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

6 And when thou hast accom

plished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

drink.

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.

13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

EZEKIEL BEARING THE INIQUITY OF ISRAEL

14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! 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 in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

* 15 Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

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 care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

*No doubt "The House of Israel" used cow's dung for cooking when they were in Southern Russia, between the Caspian sea, the Black sea, and the Don river. In America, buffalo chips were used for cooking while crossing the plains to the Pacific Coast.

LIFE AND DEATH

OF THE SOUL

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