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13 When I scatter the people of Israel among the nations, they will also have to eat food that is unclean, just as you must do.[a]

14 I said, “Lord God, please don't make me do that! Never in my life have I eaten food that would make me unacceptable to you. I've never eaten anything that died a natural death or was killed by a wild animal or that you said was unclean.”

15 The Lord replied, “Instead of human waste, I will let you bake your bread on a fire made from cow manure.

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Footnotes

  1. 4.13 have to eat food that is unclean, just as you must do: The Lord had forbidden the people of Israel to mix certain things (see Deuteronomy 22.9-11), and so the people would not have been allowed to eat this bread under normal conditions. It is used here to show that when a city is under attack, people eat whatever food is left, even if the Lord had said it was unclean.

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