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Ezekiel 4:14 KJV
Ezekiel · chapter 4 · verse 14
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! 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 in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.Ezekiel 4:14 · King James Version
Ezekiel 4:14 in context
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.
14Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! 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 in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
15Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.
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:
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pollutedṭâmêʼto be foul, especially in a ceremial or moral senseH2930 →
- itselfnᵉbêlâha flabby thingH5038 →
- piecesṭᵉrêphâhpreyH2966 →
- youthnâʻûwryouth, the state or the personsH5271 →
- eatenʼâkalto eatH398 →
- saidʼâmarto sayH559 →
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The best exposition of this part of Ezekiel's prediction of Jerusalem's desolation is Jeremiah's lamentation of it, Lam 4:3, Lam 4:4, etc., and Lam 4:10, where he pathetically describes the terrible famine that was in Jerusalem during the siege and the sad effects of it. I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-17