<p class="poetry">He took one of the seedlings<n id="1" /> of the land,p> <p class="poetry">placed it in a cultivated plot;<n id="2" />p> <p class="poetry">a shoot by abundant water,p> <p class="poetry">like a willow he planted it.p>

<p class="bodytext">And he said to me, &#8220;Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

<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.

<p class="bodytext">When the <sc>Lordsc><n id="1" /> commanded the man dressed in linen, &#8220;Take fire from within the wheelwork, from among the cherubim,&#8221; the man<n id="2" /> went in and stood by one of the wheels.<n id="3" />

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.

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;As for you, son of man, take a sharp sword and use it as a barber&#8217;s razor.<n id="1" /> Shave off some of the hair from your head and your beard.<n id="2" /> Then take scales and divide up the hair you cut off.

&#8220;As for you, son of man, take one branch, and write on it, &#8216;For Judah, and for the Israelites associated with him.&#8217; Then take another branch and write on it, &#8216;For Joseph, the branch of Ephraim and all the house of Israel associated with him.&#8217;