Ezekiel 4:13

The Defiled Bread

12And 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.”13Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”

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Berean Standard Bible
Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
American Standard Version (1901)
And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.
Bible in Basic English
And the Lord said, Even so the children of Israel will have unclean bread for their food among the nations where I am driving them.
Douay-Rheims 1899
And the Lord said: So shall the children of Israel Beat their bread all filthy among the nations whither I will cast them out.
Free Bible Version
Then the Lord said, “This is the way the Israelites will eat their unclean bread among the nations where I'll exile them.”
King James (Authorized) Version
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
Translation for Translators
That will symbolize that the Israeli people will be forced to eat food that is unacceptable to me when they are living in the nations to which I will force them to go.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
For Yahweh says, “This means that the bread that the people of Israel will eat will be unclean, there among the nations where I will banish them.”
Noah Webster Bible
And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
World English Bible
Yahweh said, “Even thus will the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”
Young's Literal Translation
And Jehovah saith, 'Thus do the sons of Israel eat their defiled bread among the nations whither I drive them.'