~ Lie On Your Left Side and Then On Your Right ~

"Now, son of man, take a clay tablet,
put it in front of you
and draw the city of Jerusalem on it.
Then lay siege to it:
Erect siege works against it,
build a ramp up to it,
set up camps against it
and put battering rams around it.
Then take an iron pan,
place it as an iron wall between you and the city
and turn your face toward it.
It will be under siege,
and you shall besiege it.
This will be a sign to the house of Israel.

"Then lie on your left side
and put the sin of the house of Israel upon yourself.
You are to bear their sin for the number of days
you lie on your side.
I have assigned you the same number of days
as the years of their sin.  So for 390 days
you will bear the sin of the house of Israel.

"After you have finished this,
lie down again, this time on your right side,
and bear the sin of the house of Judah.
I have assigned you 40 days, a day for each year.
Turn your face toward the siege of Jerusalem
and with bared arm prophesy against her.
I will tie you up with ropes
so that you cannot turn from one side to the other
until you have finished the days of your siege."

(Ezekiel 4:1-8)