Bible in Basic English
"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."
— Ezekiel 4:15, Bible in Basic English
“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 unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon. ”
“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.”
And let your food be barley cakes, cooking it before their eyes with the waste which comes out of a man.
And the Lord said, Even so the children of Israel will have unclean bread for their food among the nations where I am driving them.
Then I said, Ah, Lord! see, my soul has never been unclean, and I have never taken as my food anything which has come to a natural death or has been broken by beasts, from the time when I was young even till now; no disgusting flesh has ever come into my mouth.
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.
And he said to me, Son of man, see, I will take away from Jerusalem her necessary bread: they will take their bread by weight and with care, measuring out their drinking-water with fear and wonder:
So that they may be in need of bread and water and be wondering at one another, wasting away in their sin.