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But you, son of man, listen to what I say to you. Do not rebel like that rebellious people; open your mouth and eat what I give you.”
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And he said to me, “Son of man, eat what is before you, eat this scroll; then go and speak to the people of Israel.”
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So I opened my mouth, and he gave me the scroll to eat.
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Then he said to me, “Son of man, eat this scroll I am giving you and fill your stomach with it.” So I ate it, and it tasted as sweet as honey in my mouth.
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“Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.
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Weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.
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Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.”
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The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”
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Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.”
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He then said to me: “Son of man, I am about to cut off the food supply in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,
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Therefore in your midst parents will eat their children, and children will eat their parents. I will inflict punishment on you and will scatter all your survivors to the winds.
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“Son of man, tremble as you eat your food, and shudder in fear as you drink your water.
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Say to the people of the land: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: They will eat their food in anxiety and drink their water in despair, for their land will be stripped of everything in it because of the violence of all who live there.
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Also the food I provided for you—the flour, olive oil and honey I gave you to eat—you offered as fragrant incense before them. That is what happened, declares the Sovereign Lord.
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“What do you people mean by quoting this proverb about the land of Israel: “‘The parents eat sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge’?
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He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or have sexual relations with a woman during her period.
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(though the father has done none of them): “He eats at the mountain shrines. He defiles his neighbor’s wife.
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“He does not eat at the mountain shrines or look to the idols of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife.
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She brought up one of her cubs, and he became a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
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He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man-eater.
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In you are slanderers who are bent on shedding blood; in you are those who eat at the mountain shrines and commit lewd acts.
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Groan quietly; do not mourn for the dead. Keep your turban fastened and your sandals on your feet; do not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.”
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And you will do as I have done. You will not cover your mustache and beard or eat the customary food of mourners.
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therefore I am going to give you to the people of the East as a possession. They will set up their camps and pitch their tents among you; they will eat your fruit and drink your milk.
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Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says: Since you eat meat with the blood still in it and look to your idols and shed blood, should you then possess the land?
