Verse 15

Ezekiel 4:15

New Living Translation

15 “All right,” the LORD said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.”

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלַ֔/י רְאֵ֗ה נָתַ֤תִּֽי לְ/ךָ֙ אֶת צפועי צְפִיעֵ֣י הַ/בָּקָ֔ר תַּ֖חַת גֶּלְלֵ֣י הָֽ/אָדָ֑ם וְ/עָשִׂ֥יתָ אֶֽת לַחְמְ/ךָ֖ עֲלֵי/הֶֽם

English Translation

And he said to me, "See, I have given you the fat of the cattle instead of the dung of man, and you shall make your bread upon them."

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Chapter 4 Context

1 “And now, son of man, take a large clay brick and set it down in front of you. Then draw a map of th... Focus ↗

2 Show the city under siege. Build a wall around it so no one can escape. Set up the enemy camp, and s... Focus ↗

3 Then take an iron griddle and place it between you and the city. Turn toward the city and demonstrat... Focus ↗

4 “Now lie on your left side and place the sins of Israel on yourself. You are to bear their sins for... Focus ↗

5 I am requiring you to bear Israel’s sins for 390 days — one day for each year of their sin. Focus ↗

6 After that, turn over and lie on your right side for 40 days — one day for each year of Judah’s sin. Focus ↗

7 “Meanwhile, keep staring at the siege of Jerusalem. Lie there with your arm bared and prophesy her d... Focus ↗

8 I will tie you up with ropes so you won’t be able to turn from side to side until the days of your s... Focus ↗

9 “Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together i... Focus ↗

10 Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times. Focus ↗

11 Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times. Focus ↗

12 Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over... Focus ↗

13 Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will... Focus ↗

14 Then I said, “O Sovereign LORD, must I be defiled by using human dung? For I have never been defiled... Focus ↗

15 “All right,” the LORD said. “You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.”

16 Then he told me, “Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with... Focus ↗

17 Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under th... Focus ↗

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