Ezekiel 4:14
“Ah, Lord God,” I said, “I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything found dead or mauled by wild beasts. No unclean meat has ever entered my mouth.”
Note Hebrew “Ah, Lord God,” I said, “Behold, my soul has never been made unclean.
Then said I, Ah Lord God! 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 in pieces; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth.
Then I said, “Ah Lord God! Behold, my soul has not been polluted; for from my youth up even until now I have not eaten of that which dies of itself, or is torn of animals. No abominable meat has come into my mouth!”
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.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Ah
- Ezekiel 9:8; Ezekiel 20:49; Jeremiah 1:6
- my soul
- Acts 10:14
- have I.
- Exodus 22:31; Leviticus 11:39, 40; Leviticus 17:15
- abominable
- Leviticus 19:7; Deuteronomy 14:3; Isaiah 65:4; Isaiah 66:17