Ezekiel 4:4-6 - "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."
This is well over a year, folks! 390 + 40 = 430 and 430 - 365 = 65 About 14 months!
I wonder if Ezekiel spent the whole day (apart from providing for his physical needs) lying there on his side. If he did, I wonder who provided his food. Did his relatives help him out? His friends? Or were they too embarrassed to be seen with this lunatic -- much less to be helping him out? Was Ezekiel independently wealthy? Did he have 14 months of food in store?
Did he have any shelter from the elements?
I don't wonder if anyone made fun of him.
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