Ezekiel 4:15
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.”
“Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
16 Then He told me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat bread rationed by weight, and in despair they will drink water by measure.
17 So they will lack food and water; they will be appalled at the sight of one another wasting away in their iniquity.
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.
Compare
- BSB
- “Look,” He replied, “I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you may bake your bread over that.”
- KJV
- Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
- WEB
- Then he said to me, “Behold, I have given you cow’s dung for man’s dung, and you shall prepare your bread on it.”
- ASV
- Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow`s dung for man`s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
- DARBY
- And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
- BLB
- And He said to me: “See, I am giving to you dung of a cow instead of dung of human, and you shall make your bread over it.”
- ÅB
- Så sa han til meg: Vel, jeg vil la deg ta kumøkk i stedet for menneskeskarn, så du kan steke ditt brød over den.
- OTB
- Han sa til meg, “Se, jeg vil gi deg kumøkk i stedet for menneskemøkk, så du kan tilberede ditt brød over det.”
- B1930
- Så sa han til mig: Vel, jeg vil la dig ta kumøkk i stedet for menneskeskarn, så du kan steke ditt brød over den.