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11 And an amount of water[a] you shall drink, a sixth of a hin; at fixed times[b] you shall drink it. 12 And as a bread-cake of barley you shall eat it, and with human excrement[c] you shall bake it before their eyes.” 13 And Yahweh said, “Thus shall the Israelites[d] eat their unclean food among the nations where I will scatter them.”[e]

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  1. Ezekiel 4:11 Literally “water by amount”
  2. Ezekiel 4:11 Literally “from time to time”
  3. Ezekiel 4:12 Literally “with human dung of the excrement of the human”
  4. Ezekiel 4:13 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  5. Ezekiel 4:13 Literally “which I will scatter them there”

11 Also measure out a sixth of a hin[a] of water and drink it at set times.(A) 12 Eat the food as you would a loaf of barley bread; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement(B) 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.”(C)

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  1. Ezekiel 4:11 That is, about 2/3 quart or about 0.6 liter