4. “Also for your part lie on your left side and place the iniquity of the house of Israel on it. For the number of days you lie on your side you will bear their iniquity.
5. 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.
6. “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.
7. You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared and prophesy against it.
8. Look here, I will tie you up with ropes, so you cannot turn from one side to the other until you complete the days of your siege.
9. “As for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, put them in a single container, and make food from them for yourself. For the same number of days that you lie on your side – 390 days – you will eat it.
10. The food you eat will be eight ounces a day by weight; you must eat it at fixed times.