Ezekiel 4:13 - Forerunner Commentary

Ezekiel 4:13

11 You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.

12 And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”

13 Then the Lord said, “So ^ashall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”

14 So I said, ^a“Ah, Lord God! Indeed I have never defiled myself from my youth till now; I have never eaten ^bwhat died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has ^cabominable flesh ever come into my mouth.”

15 Then He said to me, “See, I am giving you cow dung instead of human waste, and you shall prepare your bread over it.”

16 Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the ^asupply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall ^beat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall ^cdrink water by measure and with dread,

17 that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and ^awaste away because of their iniquity.

Verse Comparison: Ezekiel 4:13

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American Standard Version
And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

Amplified® Bible
And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations to whom I will drive them.

Contemporary English Version
When I scatter the people of Israel among the nations, they will also have to eat food that is unclean, just as you must do.

Darby English Version
And Jehovah said, So shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations whither I will drive them.

Good News Bible
The LORD said, "This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids, when I scatter them to foreign countries."

King James Version
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.

New American Standard Bible
Then the LORD said, "Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them."

New International Version
The LORD said, "In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them."

New King James Version
Then the LORD said, “So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then the LORD said, "Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them."

Revised Standard Version
And the LORD said, "Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them."

Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, `Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'

New English Translation
And the Lord said, “This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations¹ where I will banish them.”

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