Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow's dung for man's dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.

Commentaries

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

Cow’s dung. —In the scarcity of fuel in the East, cow’s dung and especially camel’s dung, is dried, and becomes the common fuel.

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

The Prophet here includes the answer he received to his request that God would relax His severe command. It was detestable to eat meat cooked with …

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

Then he said to me
The Lord listened to the prophet's prayer and argument, and makes some abatement and alteration i…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

The bread that was Ezekiel's support was to be made of coarse grain and pulse mixed together, seldom used except in times of urgent scarcity, and h…

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