Berean Standard Bible

Ezekiel 4:13-17

13Then the LORDH3068 saidH559, “This is howH3602 the IsraelitesH1121 H3478 will eatH398 their defiledH2931 breadH3899 among the nationsH1471 to whichH834 I will banish themH5080 H8033.”

14“AhH162, LordH136 GODH3069,” I saidH559 H2009, “IH5315 have neverH3808 defiled myselfH2930.1 From my youthH5271 untilH5704 nowH6258 I have notH3808 eatenH398 anything found deadH5038 or mauled by wild beastsH2966. NoH3808 uncleanH6292 meatH1320 has ever enteredH935 my mouthH6310.”

15“LookH7200,” He repliedH559 H413, “I will letH5414 you use cowH1241 dungH6832 instead ofH8478 humanH120 excrementH1561, and you may bakeH6213 your breadH3899 over thatH5921.”

16Then He toldH559 meH413, “SonH1121 of manH120 H2005, I am going to cut offH7665 the supplyH4294 2 of foodH3899 in JerusalemH3389. They will anxiouslyH1674 eatH398 breadH3899 rationed by weightH4948, and in despairH8078 they will drinkH8354 waterH4325 by measureH4884. 17SoH4616 they will lackH2637 foodH3899 and waterH4325; they will be appalledH8074 at the sight of oneH376 anotherH251 wasting awayH4743 in their iniquityH5771.

Notes

1. Ezekiel 4:14 Hebrew “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “Behold, my soul has never been made unclean. ↩
2. Ezekiel 4:16 Hebrew staff ↩