Ezekiel drew a picture of Jerusalem on the face of a brick, complete with the conqueror’s battering rams and other weapons of siege. Then Ezekiel placed an iron plate between him and the picture. Ezekiel lay down on his left side and stayed like that for 390 days, a symbolic representation of Israel’s time in exile. After that, Ezekiel lay down on his right side and stayed like that for forty days, a symbolic representation of Judah’s time in exile.