11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, even the sixth part of [a]an Hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.

12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it [b]in the dung that cometh out of man in their sight.

13 And the Lord said, So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will cast them.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:11 Read Exod. 29:40.
  2. Ezekiel 4:12 Signifying hereby the great scarcity of fuel and matter to burn.

11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[a] of water and drink it at set times.(A) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(B) for fuel.” 13 The Lord said, “In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.”(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter