Ezekiel 4-6

Ezekiel Bears Israel’s Iniquity

Ezekiel 4:4 LSB — “Now as for you, lie down on your left side and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel on it; you shall bear their iniquity for the number of days that you lie on it.

Ezekiel 4:5 LSB — “Now I have set a number of days for you corresponding to the years of their iniquity, 390 days; thus you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

Ezekiel 4:6 LSB — “And you shall complete these, and you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have set it for you for forty days, a day for each year.

Making Unclean Bread

Eze 4:13 LSB – [13] Then Yahweh said, "Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them."

The Siege of Jerusalem

Eze 5:10 LSB – [10] 'Therefore, fathers will eat [their] sons among you, and sons will eat their fathers; for I will execute judgments on you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.

Deu 28:53 LSB – [53] "Then you shall eat the offspring of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters whom Yahweh your God has given you, during the siege and the distress by which your enemy will oppress you.

Jer 19:9 LSB – [9] "I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they will eat one another's flesh in the siege and in the distress with which their enemies and those who seek their life will distress them."'

Eze 5:12 LSB – [12] 'One-third of you will die by the plague or be consumed by the famine among you, one-third will fall by the sword around you, and one-third I will scatter to every wind, and I will unsheathe a sword behind them.

Yahweh Will Destroy Israel’s Pagan Altars

Eze 6:8 LSB – [8] "However, I will leave a remnant, for you will have those who escaped the sword among the nations when you are scattered among the lands.

Eze 6:12 LSB – [12] "He who is far off will die by the plague, and he who is near will fall by the sword, and he who remains and is besieged will die by the famine. Thus will I spend My wrath on them.