American Standard Version

Ezekiel 4:13-17 American Standard Version (ASV)

13. And Jehovah said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations whither I will drive them.

14. Then said I, Ah Lord Jehovah! 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 of beasts; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.

15. Then he said unto me, See, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread thereon.

16. Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem: and they shall eat bread by weight, and with fearfulness; and they shall drink water by measure, and in dismay:

17. that they may want bread and water, and be dismayed one with another, and pine away in their iniquity.