Ezekiel 4:14

Translations

Modern

“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.”

Traditional

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.

Literal

And I said, “Ah, Lord YHWH! Behold, never has my soul been defiled. And carcass and torn thing I have not eaten from my youth until now, and unclean flesh has not come into my mouth.”

Latin

A, a, a, Domine Deus, ecce anima mea non est polluta: et morticinum, et laceratum a bestiis non comedi ab infantia mea usque nunc, et non est ingressa in os meum omnis caro immunda.

Original

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English

“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.”

Notes

Ezekiel 4:14–15

The prophet said he had never eaten anything unclean. The Lord agreed, letting Ezekiel cook his food over cow dung. He also followed the law for disposing of human waste (see Deuteronomy 23:12–14).

Ezekiel 4:9–17

The near-starvation diet of eight ounces of food and a jar of water each day represents siege rations. This reflects a desperate situation where there was not enough of any one type of grain to make a whole loaf.

Ezekiel 4:1–7:27

These chapters discuss words and actions that warned of disaster for Jerusalem (Ezekiel 4–5) and the land of Judah (Ezekiel 6–7).

Theme notes and profiles

Job’s Innocence Prophetic Sign Acts The Gift of Prophecy

Events

Prophecies of Ezekielc. 593 BC

Related verses

Acts 10:14
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
Ezekiel 20:49
Then I said, “Ah, Lord GOD, they are saying of me, ‘Is he not just telling parables?’”
Deuteronomy 14:3
You must not eat any detestable thing.
Ezekiel 9:8
While they were killing, I was left alone. And I fell facedown and cried out, “Oh, Lord GOD, when You pour out Your wrath on Jerusalem, will You destroy the entire remnant of Israel?”
Leviticus 17:15
And any person, whether native or foreigner, who eats anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts must wash his clothes and bathe with water, and he will be unclean until evening; then he will be clean.
Jeremiah 1:6
“Ah, Lord GOD,” I said, “I surely do not know how to speak, for I am only a child!”
Isaiah 65:4
…sitting among the graves, spending nights in secret places, eating the meat of pigs and polluted broth from their bowls.
Exodus 22:31
You are to be My holy people. You must not eat the meat of a mauled animal found in the field; you are to throw it to the dogs.
Leviticus 19:7
If any of it is eaten on the third day, it is tainted and will not be accepted.
Leviticus 11:39–40
If an animal that you may eat dies, anyone who touches the carcass will be unclean until evening.
Isaiah 66:17
“Those who consecrate and purify themselves to enter the groves—to follow one in the center of those who eat the flesh of swine and vermin and rats—will perish together,” declares the LORD.
Ezekiel 44:31
The priests may not eat any bird or animal found dead or torn by wild beasts.

People

LORD: Names or title used to refer to God

Glossary

Dietary Laws Ezekiel, Book of Prophet, Prophetess Son of Man

Topics

Instruction by Object Lessons: Eating Bread Mixed with Dung Prayer: Answered: Ezekiel, to Have the Baking of his Bread of Affliction Changed Symbols and Similitudes: Ceremonially Unclean Food Symbols and Similitudes: Cooking

Ezekiel 4:14

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