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Ezekiel 4:12-14
English Standard Version
Ezekiel 4:12-14
English Standard Version
12 And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it (A)in their sight on human dung.” 13 And the Lord said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat (B)their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” 14 Then I said, (C)“Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself.[a] (D)From my youth up till now I have never eaten (E)what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has (F)tainted meat come into my mouth.”
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- Ezekiel 4:14 Hebrew my soul (or throat) has never been made unclean
Ezekiel 4:12-14
New International Version
Ezekiel 4:12-14
New International Version
12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(A) 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.”(B)
14 Then I said, “Not so, Sovereign Lord!(C) I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead(D) or torn by wild animals. No impure meat has ever entered my mouth.(E)”
Ezekiel 4:12-14
King James Version
Ezekiel 4:12-14
King James Version
12 And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13 And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
14 Then said I, Ah Lord God! behold, my soul hath not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
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