15Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread therewith.


In Context

12 And you shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it with dung that comes out of man, in their sight.

13 And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.

14 Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

15 Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread therewith.

16 Moreover he said to me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:

17 That they may want bread and water, and be astonished one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.

Ezekiel 4:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:15"Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement."

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:15And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15And he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said to me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread with them.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:15And He saith unto me, 'See, I have given to thee bullock's dung instead of man's dung, and thou hast made thy bread by it.'