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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/ezekiel/4.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD said, &#8220In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “In this way the sons of Israel will eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will scatter them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, &#8220Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them.&#8221<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Thus shall the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I shall banish them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Yahweh said, “Thus will the sons of Israel eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will banish them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/ezekiel/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, “Thus the children of Israel will eat their bread unclean <i>and</i> defiled among the nations where I will banish them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/ezekiel/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their bread—ceremonially unclean—among the nations where I will banish them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, &#8220This is how the Israelites will eat their bread—ceremonially unclean—among the nations where I will banish them.&#8221 <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/ezekiel/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/ezekiel/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />When I scatter the people of Israel among the nations, they will also have to eat food that is unclean, just as you must do. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/ezekiel/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/ezekiel/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, "In the same way, the people of Israel will eat unclean bread among the nations where I scatter them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/ezekiel/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD said, "This represents the way the Israelites will have to eat food which the Law forbids, when I scatter them to foreign countries." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/ezekiel/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, "This is how the Israelis will be eating unclean food among the nations, where I'll be sending them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/ezekiel/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then the LORD said, ?This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/ezekiel/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, "This is how the people of Israel will eat their unclean food among the nations where I will banish them." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/ezekiel/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said, "Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them."<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/ezekiel/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.” <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And YHWH says, “Thus the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations to where I drive them.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/ezekiel/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Jehovah saith, 'Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/ezekiel/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Jehovah will say, Like this shall the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations where I shall thrust them away there.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/ezekiel/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel eat their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them out. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And the Lord said: “So shall the sons of Israel eat their bread, polluted among the Gentiles, to whom I will cast them out.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/ezekiel/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD said: Thus the Israelites shall eat their food, unclean, among the nations where I drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD said, “Thus shall the people of Israel eat their bread, unclean, among the nations to which I will drive them.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And the LORD said, Thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean among the Gentiles, whither I shall drive them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH said: “Thus the children of Israel shall eat their bread in defilement among the nations where I shall drive them”<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/ezekiel/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And the LORD said: 'Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/ezekiel/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel; Thus shall the children of Israel eat unclean things among the Gentiles.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=827" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/4.htm">The Defiled Bread</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">12</span>And you shall eat the food as you would a barley cake, after you bake it over dried human excrement in the sight of the people.” <span class="reftext">13</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">Then the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mer (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">said,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3602.htm" title="3602: kā·ḵāh (Adv) -- Thus. From koh; just so, referring to the previous or following context.">“This is how</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ḇə·nê- (N-mpc) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">the Israelites</a> <a href="/hebrew/3478.htm" title="3478: yiś·rā·’êl (N-proper-ms) -- From sarah and 'el; he will rule as God; Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also of his posterity."></a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: yō·ḵə·lū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/2931.htm" title="2931: ṭā·mê (Adj-ms) -- Unclean. From tame'; foul in a relig. Sense.">their defiled</a> <a href="/hebrew/3899.htm" title="3899: laḥ·mām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- Bread, food. From lacham; food, especially bread, or grain.">bread</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: bag·gō·w·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">among the nations</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">to which</a> <a href="/hebrew/5080.htm" title="5080: ’ad·dî·ḥêm (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs:: 3mp) -- To impel, thrust, banish. A primitive root; to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively.">I will banish them.”</a> <a href="/hebrew/8033.htm" title="8033: šām (Adv) -- There, thither. A primitive particle; there then; often thither, or thence."></a> </span><span class="reftext">14</span>“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></span><br />When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Deuteronomy 28:48</a></span><br />you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a></span><br />They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/7-17.htm">Amos 7:17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, and your sons and daughters will fall by the sword. Your land will be divided by a measuring line, and you yourself will die on pagan soil. And Israel will surely go into exile, away from their homeland.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/36-12.htm">Isaiah 36:12</a></span><br />But the Rabshakeh replied, “Has my master sent me to speak these words only to you and your master, and not to the men sitting on the wall, who are destined with you to eat their own dung and drink their own urine?”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/24-10.htm">Jeremiah 24:10</a></span><br />And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/5-6.htm">Lamentations 5:6</a></span><br />We submitted to Egypt and Assyria to get enough bread.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/25-3.htm">2 Kings 25:3</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/52-6.htm">Jeremiah 52:6</a></span><br />By the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine in the city was so severe that the people of the land had no food.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Daniel 1:8</a></span><br />But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the king’s food or wine. So he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-11.htm">Matthew 15:11</a></span><br />A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/7-18.htm">Mark 7:18-19</a></span><br />“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him, / because it does not enter his heart, but it goes into the stomach and then is eliminated.” (Thus all foods are clean.)<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/10-14.htm">Acts 10:14-15</a></span><br />“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.” / The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/14-14.htm">Romans 14:14</a></span><br />I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/8-8.htm">1 Corinthians 8:8</a></span><br />But food does not bring us closer to God: We are no worse if we do not eat, and no better if we do.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Daniel 1:8</a></b></br> But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3,4</a></b></br> They shall not dwell in the LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean <i>things</i> in Assyria… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/32-37.htm">Banish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-6.htm">Children</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/46-15.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-19.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-12.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-12.htm">Food</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-9.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-5.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/2-3.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-15.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/3-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/1-20.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/34-25.htm">Banish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-15.htm">Bread</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Defiled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/8-6.htm">Drive</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-15.htm">Driving</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/ezekiel/4-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/hosea/8-8.htm">Gentiles</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-4.htm">Israel</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-5.htm">Nations</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/ezekiel/5-6.htm">Way</a> <a href="/ezekiel/6-9.htm">Whither</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/4-1.htm">Under type of a siege is shown the time from the defection of Jeroboam to captivity</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/ezekiel/4-9.htm">By the provision of the siege, is shown the hardness of the famine</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/ezekiel/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/ezekiel/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then the LORD said</b><br>This phrase indicates direct communication from God, emphasizing the divine authority and seriousness of the message. In the prophetic books, such direct speech underscores the importance of the message being conveyed. The use of "LORD" in all caps signifies the covenant name of God, Yahweh, highlighting His relationship with Israel.<p><b>This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread</b><br>The "defiled bread" symbolizes the unclean and impure conditions the Israelites will face in exile. In Levitical law, food purity was crucial, and eating defiled bread would have been abhorrent to the Israelites. This phrase foreshadows the loss of religious and cultural identity due to their disobedience. It also reflects the broader theme of judgment and purification found throughout the prophetic literature.<p><b>among the nations</b><br>This indicates the dispersion of the Israelites, known as the Diaspora, which was a result of their unfaithfulness to the covenant. Being "among the nations" implies living in foreign lands with different customs and religions, which would challenge their identity and faith. This dispersion is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, seen in the Assyrian and Babylonian exiles.<p><b>to which I will banish them</b><br>The act of banishment is a direct consequence of Israel's persistent idolatry and rebellion against God. It reflects the covenant curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where disobedience leads to exile. This phrase underscores God's sovereignty and justice, as well as His role as the ultimate judge of His people. The concept of banishment also points to the hope of eventual restoration, as seen in later prophecies of return and renewal.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver His messages to the Israelites during their exile in Babylon. Known for his symbolic actions and visions.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who communicates His judgment and plans through His prophets.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The people of Israel, who are in exile due to their disobedience and idolatry, facing the consequences of their actions.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations</a></b><br>Refers to the foreign lands where the Israelites are scattered during their exile, symbolizing their separation from the Promised Land.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/d/defiled_bread.htm">Defiled Bread</a></b><br>Symbolizes the impurity and unclean conditions the Israelites will experience in exile, reflecting their spiritual state.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_god's_judgment.htm">Understanding God's Judgment</a></b><br>Recognize that God's judgment is a response to persistent disobedience and idolatry. It serves as a call to repentance and a return to faithfulness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin leads to spiritual and sometimes physical exile, separating us from God's intended blessings and presence.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/l/living_in_exile.htm">Living in Exile</a></b><br>Even in difficult circumstances, like exile, believers are called to maintain their faith and purity, trusting in God's ultimate plan for restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_defilement.htm">Symbolism of Defilement</a></b><br>The defiled bread represents the spiritual state of the Israelites. Believers should examine their lives for areas of spiritual compromise and seek cleansing through Christ.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_restoration.htm">Hope in Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the judgment, God's promises of restoration and redemption remain. Believers can find hope in God's faithfulness to His covenant.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_new_moon.htm">What does the Bible say about the New Moon?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_levites_replace_firstborns.htm">If the Levites replaced all Israel's firstborn in worship (Numbers 8:16-18), how does this reconcile with earlier promises safeguarding the special status of firstborns?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/joshua_4_1-24__how_to_reconcile_timeline_conflicts.htm">Joshua 4:1-24: How do we reconcile this account with conflicting timelines or details in other biblical narratives?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_harden_pharaoh's_heart_if_free_will.htm">If God created humans with free will, why does He harden Pharaoh's heart (Exodus 9:12)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(13) <span class= "bld">Eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles.</span>--The Mosaic law purposely so hedged the people about with detailed precepts in regard to their food and its preparation, that it was impossible for them to share the food of the Gentiles without contracting ceremonial defilement; and the declared object of this symbolism is to teach that the Israelites should thus be forced to contract defilement. Their sins had brought them to that pass, which is so often the result of continued and obdurate sin, that it should be impossible for them to avoid further transgression. Ezekiel shows by his reply, in <a href="/ezekiel/4-14.htm" title="Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! behold, my soul has not been polluted: for from my youth up even till now have I not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.">Ezekiel 4:14</a>, that like St. Peter, in <a href="/acts/10-14.htm" title="But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.">Acts 10:14</a>, he had ever been a scrupulous observer of the law. To St. Peter, however, it was made known that in the breadth of the Christian dispensation this ceremonial law was now done away, while to Ezekiel it still remained in full force.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 13.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Even thus shall the children of Israel</span>, etc. The strange command takes a wider range. It symbolizes, not the literal horrors of the siege, but the "defiled bread" which even the exiles would be reduced to eat. So taken, the words remind us of the risk of eating unclean, food, which almost inevitably attended the position of the exiles (<a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Hosea 9:3</a>; <a href="/daniel/1-8.htm">Daniel 1:8</a>), and which, it may be, Ezekiel had already tell keenly. There is obviously something more than can be explained by a reference to "the bitter bread of banishment," or to Dante's "Come sa di sale... " ('Par.,' 17:58). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">said,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיֹּ֣אמֶר</span> <span class="translit">(way·yō·mer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“This is how</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּ֣כָה</span> <span class="translit">(kā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3602.htm">Strong's 3602: </a> </span><span class="str2">Just so</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Israelites</span><br /><span class="heb">בְנֵֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·nê-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">יֹאכְל֧וּ</span> <span class="translit">(yō·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">their defiled</span><br /><span class="heb">טָמֵ֑א</span> <span class="translit">(ṭā·mê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2931.htm">Strong's 2931: </a> </span><span class="str2">Unclean</span><br /><br /><span class="word">bread</span><br /><span class="heb">לַחְמָ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(laḥ·mām)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3899.htm">Strong's 3899: </a> </span><span class="str2">Food, bread, grain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among the nations</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם</span> <span class="translit">(bag·gō·w·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will banish them.”</span><br /><span class="heb">אַדִּיחֵ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(’ad·dî·ḥêm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular | third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5080.htm">Strong's 5080: </a> </span><span class="str2">To impel, thrust, banish</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/ezekiel/4-13.htm">Ezekiel 4:13 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/ezekiel/4-13.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 4:13 Yahweh said Even thus shall the children (Ezek. 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