Moreover take unto you an iron plate, and set it for a wall of iron between you and the city: and set your face against it, and it shall be besieged, and you shall lay siege against it. This shall be a sign to the house of Israel.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Pan, or plate, on which bread was usually baked. This was to represent the walls of the city. (Calmet)