Ezekiel 4

God commands Ezekiel to perform a series of symbolic actions to illustrate the siege and judgment of Jerusalem. Ezekiel is to draw a map of Jerusalem on a clay tablet and lay siege to it. He is then commanded to lie on his left side for 390 days (symbolizing the sin of Israel) and on his right side for 40 days (symbolizing the sin of Judah). He is also told to cook his limited food over a fire made from human dung (later changed to cow dung), symbolizing the severity of the famine during the siege.