◄ Ezekiel 4:15 ►
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Good News Translation
So God said, "Very well. I will let you use cow dung instead, and you can bake your bread on that."

New Revised Standard Version
Then he said to me, “See, I will let you have cow’s dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread.”

Contemporary English Version
The LORD replied, "Instead of human waste, I will let you bake your bread on a fire made from cow manure.

New American Bible
Very well, he replied, I will let you use cow manure in place of human dung. You can bake your bread on that.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.

cow's dung.

Context
The Defiled Bread
…14And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold my soul hath not been defiled, and from my infancy even till now, I have not eaten any thing that died of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no unclean flesh hath entered into my mouth. 15And he said to me: Behold I have given thee neat's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt make thy bread therewith.16And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.…
Cross References
Ezekiel 4:14
And I said: Ah, ah, ah, O Lord God, behold my soul hath not been defiled, and from my infancy even till now, I have not eaten any thing that died of itself, or was torn by beasts, and no unclean flesh hath entered into my mouth.

Ezekiel 4:16
And he said to me: Son of man: Behold, I will break in pieces the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with care: and they shall drink water by measure, and in distress.

Ezekiel 4:14
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