“Son of man, write down the name of this day, this very day. The king of Babylon has laid siege to Jerusalem this very day.

For the day is near, the day of the Lord is near; it will be a day of storm clouds, it will be a time of judgment for the nations.

“‘In the first month, on the fourteenth day of the month, you will celebrate the Passover, and for seven days bread made without yeast will be eaten.

“When you have completed these days, then lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah 40 days – I have assigned one day for each year.

After a priest has become ceremonially clean, they must count off a period of seven days for him.

I have determined that the number of the years of their iniquity are to be the number of days for you – 390 days. So bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

At the end of seven days the word of the Lord came to me:

In your days of majesty, was not Sodom your sister a byword in your mouth,

On that day a fugitive will come to you to report the news.

“‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: The gate of the inner court that faces east will be closed six working days, but on the Sabbath day it will be opened and on the day of the new moon it will be opened.

The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.

“For seven days you will provide every day a goat for a sin offering; a young bull and a ram from the flock, both without blemish, will be provided.

On that day messengers will go out from me in ships to frighten overly confident Ethiopia; panic will overtake them on the day of Egypt’s doom; for beware – it is coming!

In the seventh month, on the fifteenth day of the month, at the feast, he will make the same provisions for the sin offering, burnt offering, and grain offering, and for the olive oil, for the seven days.

You were blameless in your behavior from the day you were created, until sin was discovered in you.

For seven days they will make atonement for the altar and cleanse it, so they will consecrate it.

“Look, the day! Look, it is coming! Doom has gone out! The staff has budded, pride has blossomed!

“‘As for you, profane and wicked prince of Israel, whose day has come, the time of final punishment,

“Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘Wail, “Alas, the day is here!”

Then the house of Israel will know that I am the Lord their God, from that day forward.