47 (A)to make a distinction between the unclean and the clean, and between the edible creature and the creature which is not to be eaten.

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13 Then the Lord said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread (A)unclean among the nations where I will banish them.” 14 But I said, “(B)Ah, Lord [a]God! Behold, I have (C)never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what (D)died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has any (E)unclean meat ever entered my mouth.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 4:14 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord

They will not remain in (A)the Lord’s land,
But Ephraim will return to (B)Egypt,
And in (C)Assyria they will eat (D)unclean food.
They will not pour out drink offerings of (E)wine to the Lord,
(F)Their sacrifices will not please Him.
Their bread will [a]be like [b]mourners’ bread;
All who eat of it will be (G)defiled,
For their bread will be for [c]themselves alone;
It will not enter the house of the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:4 Lit be to them
  2. Hosea 9:4 Or bread of misfortune
  3. Hosea 9:4 Lit their appetite