Ezekiel 4:8-17
New American Standard Bible
9But as for you, take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt, and put them in one vessel and make them into bread for yourself; you shall eat it according to the number of the days that you lie on your side, 390 days.
10Your food which you eat shall be twenty shekels a day by weight; you shall eat it from time to time.
11The water you drink shall be a sixth of a hin by measure; you shall drink it from time to time.
12You shall eat it as a barley cake, having baked it in their sight over human dung.'
13Then the Lord said, 'In this way the sons of Israel will eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will scatter them.'
14But I said, 'Oh, Lord God! Behold, I have never been defiled; for from my youth until now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by animals, nor has any unclean meat ever entered my mouth!'
15Then He said to me, 'See, I will give you cow’s dung in place of human dung, so that you may prepare your bread over it.'
16Moreover, He said to me, 'Son of man, behold, I am going to break the staff of bread in Jerusalem, and they will eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and drink water by measure and in horror,
17because bread and water will be scarce; and they will tremble with one another and waste away in their guilt.
King James Version
9Take 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.
10And thy meat which thou shalt eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day: from time to time shalt thou eat it.
11Thou shalt drink also water by measure, the sixth part of an hin: from time to time shalt thou drink.
12And thou shalt eat it as barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
13And the Lord said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
16Moreover 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 care; and they shall drink water by measure, and with astonishment:
17That they may want bread and water, and be astonied one with another, and consume away for their iniquity.
Christian Standard Bible
9"Also take wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt. Put them in a single container and make them into bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the number of days you lie on your side, 390 days.
10The food you eat each day will weigh eight ounces; you will eat it at set times.
11You will also drink a ration of water, a sixth of a gallon, which you will drink at set times.
12You will eat it as you would a barley cake and bake it over dried human excrement in their sight."
13The Lord said, "This is how the Israelites will eat their bread—ceremonially unclean—among the nations where I will banish them."
15He replied to me, "Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that."
16He said to me, "Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They will anxiously eat food they have weighed out and in dread drink rationed water
17for lack of bread and water. Everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.
New Living Translation
9Now go and get some wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and emmer wheat, and mix them together in a storage jar. Use them to make bread for yourself during the 390 days you will be lying on your side.
10Ration this out to yourself, eight ounces of food for each day, and eat it at set times.
11Then measure out a jar of water for each day, and drink it at set times.
12Prepare and eat this food as you would barley cakes. While all the people are watching, bake it over a fire using dried human dung as fuel and then eat the bread.'
13Then the Lord said, 'This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!'
15All right,' the Lord said. 'You may bake your bread with cow dung instead of human dung.'
16Then he told me, 'Son of man, I will make food very scarce in Jerusalem. It will be weighed out with great care and eaten fearfully. The water will be rationed out drop by drop, and the people will drink it with dismay.
17Lacking food and water, people will look at one another in terror, and they will waste away under their punishment.
English Standard Version
9"And you, take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and emmer, and put them into a single vessel and make your bread from them. During the number of days that you lie on your side, 390 days, you shall eat it.
10And your food that you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from day to day you shall eat it.
11And water you shall drink by measure, the sixth part of a hin; from day to day you shall drink.
12And you shall eat it as a barley cake, baking it in their sight on human dung."
13And the Lord said, "Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them."
14Then I said, "Ah, Lord God! Behold, I have never defiled myself. From my youth up till now I have never eaten what died of itself or was torn by beasts, nor has tainted meat come into my mouth."
15Then he said to me, "See, I assign to you cow 's dung instead of human dung, on which you may prepare your bread."
16Moreover, he said to me, "Son of man, behold, I will break the supply of bread in Jerusalem. They shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and they shall drink water by measure and in dismay.
17I will do this that they may lack bread and water, and look at one another in dismay, and rot away because of their punishment.
New International Version
9"Take wheat and barley, beans and lentils, millet and spelt; put them in a storage jar and use them to make bread for yourself. You are to eat it during the 390 days you lie on your side.
10Weigh out twenty shekels of food to eat each day and eat it at set times.
11Also measure out a sixth of a hin of water and drink it at set times.
12Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel."
13The Lord said, "In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them."
New King James Version
9“Also take for yourself wheat, barley, beans, lentils, millet, and spelt; put them into one vessel, and make bread of them for yourself. During the number of days that you lie on your side, three hundred and ninety days, you shall eat it.
10And your food which you eat shall be by weight, twenty shekels a day; from time to time you shall eat it.
11You shall also drink water by measure, one-sixth of a hin; from time to time you shall drink.
12And you shall eat it as barley cakes; and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.”
16Moreover He said to me, “Son of man, surely I will cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and with anxiety, and shall drink water by measure and with dread,
17that they may lack bread and water, and be dismayed with one another, and waste away because of their iniquity.
