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Ezekiel 4:12
Ezekiel 4:12 is verse 12 of Ezekiel chapter 4, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
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.”
King James Version
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
World English Bible
You shall eat it as barley cakes, and you shall bake it in their sight with dung that comes out of man.”
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Ezekiel 4:10–14 · Berean Standard Bible
10 You are to weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day, and you are to eat it at set times.
11 You are also to measure out a sixth of a hin of water to drink, and you are to drink it at set times.
12 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.”
13 Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
14 “Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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.”