Lay siege to it! Build siege works against it. Erect a siege ramp<n id="1" /> against it! Post soldiers outside it<n id="2" /> and station battering rams around it.

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;And you, son of man, take a brick<n id="1" /> and set it in front of you. Inscribe<n id="2" /> a city on it &#8211; Jerusalem.

you will give a young bull for a sin offering to the Levitical priests who are descended from Zadok, who approach me to minister to me, declares the sovereign <sc>Lordsc>.

You will take some of its blood, and place it on the four horns of the altar, on the four corners of the ledge, and on the border all around; you will cleanse it and make atonement for it.<n id="1" />

Then for your part take an iron frying pan<n id="1" /> 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<n id="2" /> for the house of Israel.p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt,<n id="1" /> put them in a single container, and make food<n id="2" /> from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side &#8211; 390 days<n id="3" /> &#8211; you will eat it.