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Ezekiel 4:8

Ezekiel 4:8 is verse 8 of Ezekiel chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

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King James Version

And, behold, I will lay bands upon thee, and thou shalt not turn thee from one side to another, till thou hast ended the days of thy siege.

World English Bible

Behold, I put ropes on you, and you shall not turn yourself from one side to the other, until you have accomplished the days of your siege.

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Ezekiel 4:6–10 · Berean Standard Bible

6 When you have completed these days, lie down again, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have assigned to you 40 days, a day for each year.

7 You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.

8 Now behold, I will tie you up with ropes so you cannot turn from side to side until you have finished the days of your siege.

9 But take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. This is what you are to eat during the 390 days you lie on your side.

10 You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Ezekiel 3:25

And you, son of man, they will tie with ropes, and you will be bound so that you cannot go out among the people.

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