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.

And thou shalt eat {H398} it as barley {H8184} cakes {H5692}, and thou shalt bake {H5746} it with dung {H1561} that cometh out {H6627} of man {H120}, in their sight {H5869}.

[The bread] you eat is to be baked like barley cakes; you are to bake it before their eyes, using human dung as fuel."

And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.”

And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 36:12 (4 votes)

    But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? [hath he] not [sent me] to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?

  • Genesis 18:6 (2 votes)

    And Abraham hastened into the tent unto Sarah, and said, Make ready quickly three measures of fine meal, knead [it], and make cakes upon the hearth.