Ezekiel 4:12

and as a barley cake, shalt thou eat it,—and the same with dung proceeding from man, shalt thou bake, before their eyes.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The 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.

In Context

11and water by measure, shalt thou drink the sixth part of a hin,-from time to time shalt thou drink;

13Then said Yahweh, In like manner, shall the sons of Israel eat their bread defiled,—among the nations whither I will drive them.

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Cross References

Genesis 18:6So Abraham hastened towards the tent unto Sarah,—and said, Hasten thou three measures of fine meal, knead it, and make hearth-cakes.

Matthew Henry on Ezekiel 4:10-17

The Representation of a Famine. ( b. c. 595.) 9 Take thou also unto thee wheat, and barley, and beans, and lentiles, and millet, and fitches, and put them in one vessel, and make thee bread thereof, according to the number of the days that thou shalt lie upon thy side, three hundred and ninety days shalt thou eat thereof. 10 And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it. 11 Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time… Read the whole commentary →

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