Ezekiel 4:1-3

New English Translation

Ominous Object Lessons

4 “And you, son of man, take a brick^[a] and set it in front of you. Inscribe^[b] a city on it—Jerusalem. ² Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp^[c] against it! Post soldiers outside it^[d] and station battering rams around it. ³ Then for your part take an iron frying pan^[e] and set it up as an iron wall between you and the city. Set your face toward it. It is to be under siege; you are to besiege it. This is a sign^[f] for the house of Israel.