EZEKIEL 4

EZEKIEL STAGES THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM

God instructs Ezekiel to create a staged scene of the siege of Jerusalem by building a model of Jerusalem out of bricks and iron. Ezekiel is told to lay on one side, facing the staged siege, for 390 days and then turn to his other side to face the model siege for another forty days. While demonstrating the years of captivity that awaited Israel and Judah, Ezekiel was to ration his water and only eat defiled food cooked over animal feces.

This exhibit was a strange and severe way of warning Judah what awaits their future: captivity, scarcity, and desperation.