Ezekiel
King James Version (KJV)
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 (KJV)
Ezekiel 4:12 Context
9Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink. 12And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight. 13And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them. 14Then 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. 15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
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Other Translations
And thou shalt eate it as barley cakes, & thou shalt bake it with doung that commeth out of man in their sight.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
"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
Bible commentary
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.