Ezekiel 4:12
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.””
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“And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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 · Public Domain“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 · Public Domain“A barley-cake thou dost eat it, and it with dung--the filth of man--thou dost bake before their eyes.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Ezekiel 4:12 — 2 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 18:6So Abraham hurried into the tent and said to Sarah, “Quick! Prepare three seahs of fine flour, knead it, and bake some bread.”
- Isaiah 36:12But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”
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