Ezekiel 4:3

KJV1611 – Modern English

Moreover, take an iron pan and set it as a wall of iron between you and the city, and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Then take an iron plate and place it as an iron wall between yourself and the city. Set your face against it, besiege it, and let it be under siege. This will be a sign for the house of Israel.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Morouer, take an yron panne, and set it betwixte the & ye cite in steade off an yron wall, Then set thy face towarde it, besege it, and laye ordinaunce agaynst it, to wynne it. This shal be a token vnto the house off Israel.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Moreouer, take an yron pan, and set it for a wall of yron betweene thee and the citie, and direct thy face towarde it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it: this shall be a signe vnto the house of Israel.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Moreouer, take an iron panne, and set it betwixt thee and the citie in steede of an iron wall, then set thy face towarde it to besiege it, and make an assault against it: this shalbe a token vnto the house of Israel.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Moreover take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it [for] a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face against it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This [shall be] a sign to the house of Israel.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And thou, take to thee an iron pan, and thou hast made it a wall of iron between thee and the city; and thou hast prepared thy face against it, and it hath been in a siege, yea, thou hast laid siege against it. A sign it `is' to the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And take thou unto thee an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between thee and the city: and set thy face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and thou shalt lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And take a flat iron plate, and put it for a wall of iron between you and the town: and let your face be turned to it, and it will be shut in and you will make an attack on it. This will be a sign to the children of Israel.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Take for yourself an iron pan, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face toward it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Then for your part take an iron frying pan 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 for the house of Israel.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 12:6 : 6 In their sight you shall bear it upon your shoulders, and carry it forth at twilight: you shall cover your face, that you do not see the ground: for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.
  • Isa 8:18 : 18 Behold, I and the children whom the LORD has given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the LORD of hosts, who dwells in Mount Zion.
  • Isa 20:3 : 3 And the LORD said, Just as my servant Isaiah has walked naked and barefoot for three years as a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia;
  • Ezek 12:11 : 11 Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so it shall be done to them: they shall move and go into captivity.
  • Ezek 24:24-27 : 24 Thus Ezekiel is to you a sign: according to all that he has done, you shall do: and when this comes, you shall know that I am the Lord GOD. 25 Also, you, son of man, shall it not be in the day when I take from them their strength, the joy of their glory, the desire of their eyes, and that to which they set their minds, their sons and their daughters, 26 That he who escapes in that day shall come to you, to cause you to hear it with your ears? 27 In that day your mouth shall be opened to him who has escaped, and you shall speak, and not be mute; and you shall be a sign to them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
  • Luke 2:34 : 34 And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother, Behold, this child is destined for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which will be spoken against
  • Heb 2:4 : 4 God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to His own will?
  • Jer 39:1 : 1 In the ninth year of Zedekiah, king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and all his army came against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.
  • Lev 2:5 : 5 And if your offering is a grain offering baked in a pan, it shall be of fine flour, unleavened, mixed with oil.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ezek 4:1-2
    2 verses
    85%

    1You also, son of man, take a tile and lay it before you, and portray upon it the city, even Jerusalem:

    2And lay siege against it, build a fort against it, and throw up a ramp against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it all around.

  • Ezek 4:4-9
    6 verses
    82%

    4Lie also upon your left side, and lay the iniquity of the house of Israel upon it: according to the number of the days that you shall lie upon it, you shall bear their iniquity.

    5For I have laid upon you the years of their iniquity, according to the number of the days, three hundred and ninety days; so shall you bear the iniquity of the house of Israel.

    6And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side, and you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed you each day for a year.

    7Therefore you shall set your face toward the siege of Jerusalem, and your arm shall be uncovered, and you shall prophesy against it.

    8Behold, I will put bands upon you, and you shall not turn from one side to another, till you have completed the days of your siege.

    9Take also wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel, and make bread of it for the number of the days that you shall lie upon your side, three hundred and ninety days you shall eat of it.

  • Ezek 12:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3Therefore, son of man, prepare your belongings for departure, and remove by day in their sight; and you shall move from your place to another place in their sight: it may be they will consider, though they are a rebellious house.

    4Then you shall bring out your belongings by day in their sight, as belongings for exile: and you shall go forth in the evening in their sight, as those who go into captivity.

    5Dig through the wall in their sight, and carry your belongings out through it.

    6In their sight you shall bear it upon your shoulders, and carry it forth at twilight: you shall cover your face, that you do not see the ground: for I have set you as a sign to the house of Israel.

  • Nah 3:14
    74%

    14Draw water for the siege, fortify your strongholds: go into clay and tread the mortar, make strong the brick kiln.

  • Jer 1:18
    74%

    18For behold, I have made you this day a fortified city, and an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, against its princes, against its priests, and against the people of the land.

  • Ezek 5:2
    73%

    2You shall burn with fire a third part in the midst of the city, when the days of the siege are fulfilled: and you shall take a third part, and strike around it with a knife: and a third part you shall scatter to the wind; and I will draw out a sword after them.

  • Isa 29:3
    73%

    3And I will camp against you all around, and will lay siege against you with a mound, and I will raise forts against you.

  • Ezek 5:4
    71%

    4Then take of them again, and cast them into the midst of the fire, and burn them in the fire; from it a fire shall come forth into all the house of Israel.

  • Ezek 21:2
    71%

    2Son of man, set your face toward Jerusalem, and drop your word toward the holy places, and prophesy against the land of Israel,

  • Ezek 24:3
    71%

    3And tell a parable to the rebellious house, and say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD; Set on a pot, set it on, and also pour water into it:

  • Ezek 9:4
    70%

    4And the LORD said to him, Go through the middle of the city, through the middle of Jerusalem, and set a mark upon the foreheads of the men who sigh and cry for all the abominations that are done in it.

  • Ezek 11:11
    70%

    11This city shall not be your cauldron, nor shall you be the meat in its midst; but I will judge you at the border of Israel:

  • Jer 33:4
    70%

    4For thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah, which are torn down by the battering rams and by the sword:

  • Ezek 6:2
    70%

    2Son of man, set your face toward the mountains of Israel, and prophesy against them,

  • Ezek 39:9
    69%

    9And those who dwell in the cities of Israel shall go forth and set on fire and burn the weapons, both the shields and the bucklers, the bows and the arrows, the javelins and the spears, and they shall burn them with fire for seven years.

  • Ezek 11:4
    69%

    4Therefore prophesy against them, prophesy, O son of man.

  • Ezek 26:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8He shall slay with the sword your daughters in the field; and he shall build a fort against you, and cast a mound against you, and lift up a shield against you.

    9And he shall set up engines of war against your walls, and with his axes he shall break down your towers.

  • Ezek 40:2-4
    3 verses
    69%

    2In the visions of God, He brought me into the land of Israel and set me on a very high mountain, on which was something like the structure of a city to the south.

    3He brought me there, and behold, there was a man whose appearance was like bronze, with a linen line in his hand and a measuring reed, and he stood in the gateway.

    4The man said to me, "Son of man, look with your eyes and hear with your ears, and fix your mind on everything I show you; for you have been brought here so that I may show it to you. Declare all you see to the house of Israel."

  • Ezek 3:8-9
    2 verses
    69%

    8Behold, I have made your face strong against their faces, and your forehead strong against their foreheads.

    9Like an adamant harder than flint have I made your forehead: do not fear them, nor be dismayed at their looks, though they be a rebellious house.

  • Ezek 33:1-2
    2 verses
    69%

    1Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

    2Son of man, speak to the children of your people, and say to them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take one of their borders, and set him as their watchman:

  • Jer 32:24
    69%

    24Behold the siege ramps, they have come unto the city to take it; and the city is given into the hand of the Chaldeans, that fight against it, because of the sword, and of the famine, and of the pestilence: and what you have spoken is come to pass; and, behold, you see it.

  • Ezek 38:7
    69%

    7Be prepared, and prepare for yourself, you, and all your company that are assembled unto you, and be a guard unto them.

  • Jer 21:4
    69%

    4Thus says the LORD God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war that are in your hands, with which you fight against the king of Babylon, and against the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the walls, and I will gather them into the midst of this city.

  • Luke 19:43
    69%

    43For the days shall come upon you, when your enemies will build an embankment around you and surround you and enclose you on every side,

  • Ezek 9:1
    69%

    1He also cried in my ears with a loud voice, saying, Bring near those who have charge over the city, each with his destroying weapon in his hand.

  • Ezek 12:11
    69%

    11Say, I am your sign: as I have done, so it shall be done to them: they shall move and go into captivity.

  • Jer 15:20
    68%

    20And I will make you to this people a fortified brass wall: and they shall fight against you, but they shall not prevail against you: for I am with you to save you and to deliver you, says the LORD.

  • Ezek 11:7
    68%

    7Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Your slain whom you have laid in its midst, they are the meat, and this city is the cauldron: but I will bring you forth out of its midst.

  • Ezek 35:2
    68%

    2Son of man, set your face against Mount Seir, and prophesy against it,

  • Ezek 24:6
    68%

    6Therefore thus says the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is in it, and whose scum has not gone out! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.

  • Ezek 13:15
    68%

    15Thus will I accomplish my wrath upon the wall and upon those who daubed it with untempered mortar, and will say to you, 'The wall is no more, nor are those who daubed it.'

  • Ezek 6:12
    68%

    12He who is far off shall die of pestilence; and he who is near shall fall by the sword; and he who remains and is besieged shall die by famine: thus will I accomplish my fury upon them.

  • Ezek 21:20
    68%

    20Appoint a way, that the sword may come to Rabbath of the Ammonites, and to Judah in Jerusalem the fortified.

  • Nah 2:1
    68%

    1The one who dashes in pieces is coming up before you: keep the fortress, watch the road, make your loins strong, fortify your power mightily.

  • Ezek 22:17
    68%

    17And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

  • Zeph 1:16
    68%

    16A day of the trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities, and against the high towers.