Ezekiel 4:12
“And thou shalt eate it as barley cakes, & thou shalt bake it with doung that commeth out of man in their sight.”
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Ezekiel 4:12 Context
10And thy meate which thou shalt eat, shalbe by weight twentie shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11Thou shalt drinke also water by measure, the sixt part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drinke. 12And thou shalt eate it as barley cakes, & thou shalt bake it with doung that commeth out of man in their sight. 13And the Lord said, Euen thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will driue them. 14Then said I, Ah Lord God, behold, my soule hath not bene polluted: for from my youth vp euen til now, haue I not eaten of that which dieth of it selfe, or is torne in pieces, neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
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Other Translations for Ezekiel 4:12
And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
- King James Version
"You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked {it} in their sight over human dung."
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.
- Basic English Bible
And thou shalt eat it [as] barley-cake, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
- Darby Bible
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with human excrement in their sight.
- Webster's Bible
You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.
- World English Bible
A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung -- the filth of man -- thou dost bake before their eyes.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.'
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Ezekiel 4:12
4:12 As barley cakes - Because they never had enough to make a loaf with, they eat them as barley cakes. With dung - There was no wood left, nor yet dung of other creatures. This also was represented in a vision.