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


In Context

12 Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel."

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

14 Then I said, "Not so, Sovereign LORD ! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth."

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

16 He then said to me: "Son of man, I will cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair,

17 for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.

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 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.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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