Ezekiel 4:6
New International Version
“After you have finished this, lie down again, this time on your right side, and bear the sin of the people of Judah. I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.

New Living Translation
After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days—one day for each year of Judah’s sin.

English Standard Version
And when you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah. Forty days I assign you, a day for each year.

Berean Standard Bible
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.

King James Bible
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

New King James Version
And when you have completed them, lie again on your right side; then you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days. I have laid on you a day for each year.

New American Standard Bible
When you have completed these days, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the wrongdoing of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

NASB 1995
“When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

NASB 1977
“When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; I have assigned it to you for forty days, a day for each year.

Legacy Standard Bible
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.

Amplified Bible
When you have completed these [days for Israel], lie down again, but on your right side (toward the south), and you shall bear the wickedness and punishment of the house of Judah forty days. I have assigned you one day for each year.

Christian Standard Bible
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 you forty days, a day for each year.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
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 you 40 days, a day for each year.

American Standard Version
And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

Contemporary English Version
Then turn over and lie on your right side 40 more days. That will be a sign of Judah's punishment--one day for each year of its suffering.

English Revised Version
And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
When you finish this, you will lie down again, this time on your right side. You will bear the punishment for the sins of the nation of Judah for 40 days, one day for each year I have assigned to you.

Good News Translation
When you finish that, turn over on your right side and suffer for the guilt of Judah for forty days--one day for each year of their punishment.

International Standard Version
When you have completed this, you are to sleep on your right side, symbolically bearing the iniquity of Judah for 40 days. Each day that I've assigned to you represents one year.

Majority Standard Bible
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.

NET Bible
"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.

New Heart English Bible
"Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah: forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it to you.

Webster's Bible Translation
And when thou hast accomplished them, lie again on thy right side, and thou shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: I have appointed thee each day for a year.

World English Bible
“Again, when you have accomplished these, you shall lie on your right side, and shall bear the iniquity of the house of Judah. I have appointed forty days, each day for a year, to you.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And you have completed these, and have lain on your right side, a second time, and have borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days—a day for a year—a day for a year I have appointed to you.

Young's Literal Translation
And thou hast completed these, and hast lain on thy right side, a second time, and hast borne the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days -- a day for a year -- a day for a year I have appointed to thee.

Smith's Literal Translation
And finishing these, and thou didst lie upon thy right side the second time, and thou didst bear the iniquity of the house of Judah forty days: a day for a year, a day for a year I gave it to thee,
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And when thou hast accomplished this, thou shalt sleep again upon thy right side, and thou shalt take upon thee the iniquity of the house of Juda forty days: a day for it year, yea, a day for a year I have appointed to thee.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And when you will have completed this, you shall sleep a second time, on your right side, and you shall assume the iniquity of the house of Judah for forty days: one day for each year; one day, I say, for each year, have I given to you.

New American Bible
When you have completed this, you shall lie down a second time, on your right side to bear the guilt of the house of Judah forty days; I allot you one day for each year.

New Revised Standard Version
When you have completed these, you shall lie down a second time, but on your right side, and bear the punishment of the house of Judah; forty days I assign you, one day for each year.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And when you have completed them, you shall 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.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And you shall complete these, and you shall lie on your right side, and you shall bear the evil of the house of Yehuda forty days, a day for a year I have given you
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And again, when thou hast accomplished these, thou shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquity of the house of Judah; forty days, each day for a year, have I appointed it unto thee.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And thou shalt accomplish this, and then shalt lie on thy right side, and shalt bear the iniquities of the house of Juda forty days: I have appointed thee a day for a year.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Sign of Jerusalem's Siege
5For I have assigned to you 390 days, according to the number of years of their iniquity. So you shall bear the iniquity of the house of Israel. 6When 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. 7You must turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem with your arm bared, and prophesy against it.…

Cross References
Numbers 14:34
In keeping with the forty days you spied out the land, you shall bear your guilt forty years—a year for each day—and you will experience My alienation.

Daniel 9:24-27
Seventy weeks are decreed for your people and your holy city to stop their transgression, to put an end to sin, to make atonement for iniquity, to bring in everlasting righteousness, to seal up vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy Place. / Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress. / Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end will come like a flood, and until the end there will be war; desolations have been decreed. ...

Leviticus 26:18
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:21
If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.

Leviticus 26:24
then I will act with hostility toward you, and I will strike you sevenfold for your sins.

Leviticus 26:28
then I will walk in fury against you, and I, even I, will punish you sevenfold for your sins.

Revelation 11:2-3
But exclude the courtyard outside the temple. Do not measure it, because it has been given over to the nations, and they will trample the holy city for 42 months. / And I will empower my two witnesses, and they will prophesy for 1,260 days, clothed in sackcloth.”

Revelation 12:6
And the woman fled into the wilderness, where God had prepared a place for her to be nourished for 1,260 days.

Revelation 12:14
But the woman was given two wings of a great eagle to fly from the presence of the serpent to her place in the wilderness, where she was nourished for a time, and times, and half a time.

Revelation 13:5
The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

Matthew 24:15-21
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand), / then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains. / Let no one on the housetop come down to retrieve anything from his house. ...

Luke 21:20-24
But when you see Jerusalem surrounded by armies, you will know that her desolation is near. / Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains, let those in the city get out, and let those in the country stay out of the city. / For these are the days of vengeance, to fulfill all that is written. ...

2 Peter 3:8
Beloved, do not let this one thing escape your notice: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.

Psalm 90:4
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.

Jeremiah 25:11-12
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years. / But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.


Treasury of Scripture

And when you have accomplished 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.

forty days.

Ezekiel 4:9
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

Ezekiel 25:1-4
The word of the LORD came again unto me, saying, …

Jeremiah 37:5
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

Each day for a year.

Ezekiel 4:9
Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof.

2 Kings 25:1-4
And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about…

Jeremiah 37:5
Then Pharaoh's army was come forth out of Egypt: and when the Chaldeans that besieged Jerusalem heard tidings of them, they departed from Jerusalem.

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1. Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity
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When you have completed these days
This phrase marks a transition in Ezekiel's symbolic actions. The completion of the days refers to the 390 days he spent lying on his left side, symbolizing the years of Israel's sin. The Hebrew root for "completed" (כָּלָה, kalah) implies fulfillment or bringing to an end. This completion signifies a divine order and the meticulous nature of God's plans, emphasizing His sovereignty and the precision of His judgments.

lie down again
Ezekiel is instructed to continue his symbolic act by lying down again, this time on his right side. The act of lying down is a prophetic gesture, a physical manifestation of bearing the burden of sin. The Hebrew verb "lie down" (שָׁכַב, shakab) often connotes rest or submission, indicating Ezekiel's obedience to God's command and the weight of the prophetic message he carries.

but on your right side
The right side is significant in biblical symbolism, often associated with strength, favor, and authority. By lying on his right side, Ezekiel represents the house of Judah, which, despite its favored status, is not exempt from judgment. This act underscores the impartiality of God's justice and the accountability of all His people.

and bear the iniquity of the house of Judah
To "bear the iniquity" (נָשָׂא עָוֹן, nasa avon) is to carry the burden of sin, a concept deeply rooted in the sacrificial system where sins were symbolically transferred to a scapegoat. Ezekiel's action prefigures the ultimate bearing of iniquity by Christ, who took upon Himself the sins of humanity. The "house of Judah" refers specifically to the southern kingdom, highlighting that both Israel and Judah are subject to divine scrutiny.

I have assigned to you forty days
The number forty is significant in Scripture, often associated with periods of testing, trial, and judgment, such as the forty years in the wilderness or Jesus' forty days of fasting. The assignment of forty days to Ezekiel is a symbolic representation of the forty years of Judah's iniquity, emphasizing the completeness and thoroughness of God's judgment.

a day for each year
This phrase establishes the prophetic principle of a day representing a year, a concept seen elsewhere in Scripture (e.g., Numbers 14:34). It underscores the precision of God's prophetic timeline and His meticulous attention to the moral and spiritual history of His people. This principle serves as a reminder of the long-suffering nature of God, who provides ample time for repentance and reconciliation.

Verse 6. - Each day for a year. The Hebrew formula is that of iteration - "a day for a year, a day for a year." It originates, as has been said, in Numbers 14:34. What has been known as the year-day theory of prophetic interpretation flows naturally from it, and has been applied

(1) to the "seventy weeks" of Daniel 9:24-27, and

(2) the twelve hundred and sixty and the three days and a half of Revelation 11:3, 9.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
When you have completed
וְכִלִּיתָ֣ (wə·ḵil·lî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3615: To be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, or spent

these days,
אֵ֗לֶּה (’êl·leh)
Pronoun - common plural
Strong's 428: These, those

lie down
וְשָׁ֨כַבְתָּ֜ (wə·šā·ḵaḇ·tā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 7901: To lie down

again,
שֵׁנִ֔ית (šê·nîṯ)
Number - ordinal feminine singular
Strong's 8145: Second (an ordinal number)

but on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

your right
הַיְמָנִי֙ (hay·mā·nî)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 3227: On the right hand

side,
צִדְּךָ֤ (ṣid·də·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6654: A side, an adversary

and bear
וְנָשָׂ֖אתָ (wə·nā·śā·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take

the iniquity
עֲוֺ֣ן (‘ă·wōn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 5771: Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity

of the house
בֵּית־ (bêṯ-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

of Judah.
יְהוּדָ֑ה (yə·hū·ḏāh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites

I have assigned
נְתַתִּ֥יו (nə·ṯat·tîw)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5414: To give, put, set

to you
לָֽךְ׃ (lāḵ)
Preposition | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew

40
אַרְבָּעִ֣ים (’ar·bā·‘îm)
Number - common plural
Strong's 705: Forty

days,
י֔וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

a day
י֧וֹם (yō·wm)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

for each year.
לַשָּׁנָ֛ה (laš·šā·nāh)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8141: A year


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