Eze 4:12 And thou shalt eat it [as] barley cakes, and thou shalt bake it with dung that cometh out of man, in their sight.
2006-09-03 09:31:35 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
This was a prophecy given to Ezekiel to do with the oppression and famine which would befall Israel. The barley cakes baked upon dung is an exaggeration about how severe and horrible the famine would be. Also, because of this famine they would be eating and touching things considered UNCLEAN for a Jew.
The most valuable point is WHY did this befall Israel? Because of their disobedience to God's laws.
2006-09-03 09:56:14 · answer #1 · answered by DA R 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
From the NIV:
12 Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel."
13 The LORD said, "In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them."
14 Then I said, "Not so, Sovereign LORD! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth."
15 "Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement."
As for what that actually means, I am not sure. But it wasn't mixed in with the bread; manure was a common fuel at the time.
2006-09-03 09:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by angk 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe if you took it in context you would understand....God tells them to use human excrement as fuel to bake the food, not to mix it into the food. However Ezekiel refused because as a priest he knew it violated the rules of purity. Using the excrement was symbolic of Judah's spiritual uncleanliness. AND if you read farther, you will see in verse 15 God relented and had them bake their bread over cow manure instead.
2006-09-03 09:38:48 · answer #3 · answered by Nelita C 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Read the context. It's not a command, but a warning about how bad things would be in captivity.
The reference is not that it would be mixed with the bread but that the bread would be cooked with the dung as fuel.
2006-09-03 09:38:12 · answer #4 · answered by Contemplative Chanteuse IDK TIRH 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I don't know what translation you were using but here's how that verse is translated in my Bible (New King James):
And you shall eat it as barley cakes and bake it using fuel of human waste in their sight.
Just read the next verse, it will help you understand what God was trying to demonstrate.....
2006-09-03 10:54:13 · answer #5 · answered by tabs 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just like the story of The Two Angels. "Things are not always as they seem." Read the whole thing carefully.
2006-09-03 09:35:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have no idea what ur talking about, but jews defintily do not mix cra* with their bread and god def didnt command them 2
2006-09-03 09:34:13 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because they didn't know how to make raisins back then. I think this was the inspiration for the brownie though.
2006-09-03 09:33:58 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Thank you for helping me to lose my appetite.
2006-09-03 09:33:28 · answer #9 · answered by Jimmy 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is no god, so she didn't order anybody to do anything.
2006-09-03 09:36:27 · answer #10 · answered by Jim 5 · 0⤊ 3⤋