Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he said to me: “Behold, I have given to you cow manure in place of human dung, and you shall make your bread with it.” "
— Ezekiel 4:15, Catholic Public Domain 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 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.”
“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 you shall eat it like barley bread baked under ashes. And you shall cover it, in their sight, with the dung that goes out of a man.”
And the Lord said: “So shall the sons of Israel eat their bread, polluted among the Gentiles, to whom I will cast them out.”
And I said: “Alas, alas, alas, O Lord God! Behold, my soul has not been polluted, and from my infancy even until now, I have not eaten anything that has died of itself, nor that which has been torn up by beasts, and no unclean flesh at all has entered into my mouth.”
And he said to me: “Behold, I have given to you cow manure in place of human dung, and you shall make your bread with it.”
And he said to me: “Son of man, behold: I will crush the staff of bread in Jerusalem. And they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety. And they will drink water by measure and with anguish.
So then, when bread and water fail, each one may fall against his brother. And they shall waste away in their iniquities.”