American Standard Version
"Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon. "
— Ezekiel 4:15, American Standard Version
“Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.”
“Then he said to me, Behold, I have given you cow's dung for man's dung, and you shall prepare your bread thereon.”
“So he said to me,“All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.””
“And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.”
“Then he said to me, See, I have given you cow's waste in place of man's waste, and you will make your bread ready on it.”
“Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.”
And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it in their sight with dung that cometh out of man.
And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.
Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! behold, my soul hath not been polluted; for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dieth of itself, or is torn of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:
that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.