Yahweh said, “Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their bread unclean, among the nations where I will drive them.”
Parallel translations
- KJV And the LORD said, Even thus shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, whither I will drive them.
- BSB Then the LORD said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their defiled bread among the nations to which I will banish them.”
- NKJV Then the Lord said, “So shall the children of Israel eat their defiled bread among the Gentiles, where I will drive them.”
- NASB Then the Lord said, “In this way the sons of Israel will eat their bread unclean among the nations where I will scatter them.”
- NLT Then the Lord said, “This is how Israel will eat defiled bread in the Gentile lands to which I will banish them!”
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Quick answer
God explains the sign: Israel will eat defiled bread among the nations where He scatters them. Exile means life cut off from clean worship.
Overview
The Lord interprets the symbolic act, declaring that exiled Israel will eat unclean food among foreign peoples. Dispersion among the nations will leave them unable to keep the dietary and ceremonial holiness of the law. The judgment fits the crime: a people who defiled God's holiness will live in defilement, until grace one day cleanses and restores.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Dan 1:8But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the king’s dainties, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
- Hos 9:3–4They won’t dwell in Yahweh’s land; but Ephraim will return to Egypt, and they will eat unclean food in Assyria.
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