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Ezekiel 4:12

10 You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.

11 You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.

And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”

13 Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”
KJV
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
WEB
You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.”
ASV
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
DARBY
And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
BLB
And a cake of barley you shall eat it, and with the dung of the excrement of a human you shall bake it before their eyes.”
ÅB
Som en byggkake skal du spise det, med menneskeskarn skal du steke det for deres øyne.
OTB
Du skal spise det som en byggkake, bakt i deres påsyn over et uvanlig brensel.”
B1930
Som en byggkake skal du ete det, med menneskeskarn skal du steke det for deres øine.

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 36:12

    But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”

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  • Genesis 18:6

    So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”

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