Ezekiel 4:9 Bread? Probably Not What you Think it Is
Obey without questioning and you’ll end up roasting bread over human feces.
If you’ve ever seen Ezekiel 4:9 bread in your grocery store, chances are you’ve wondered how Biblically accurate it really is. Known for its nutritional qualities, this bread is eaten by Biblical food enthusiasts and health-conscious individuals alike. It contains the ingredients specified in the Bible, but it is more like a contemporary loaf of bread than a Biblical barley cake. The bread on store shelves is also not cooked over human or bovine feces, a process that most modern consumers would object to.
When God laid out a plan for this bread to be cooked over human feces in verse 12, Ezekiel protested saying that it was unclean. They ended up compromising on cow dung to cook this bread, a food that Ezekiel ate as a punishment for the people’s rebellion against God. He had to lay on his left side tied down and was limited to twenty shekels (about 220–230 grams) of the poop-roasted loaf a day and one-sixth of a hin (about 500–700 mL) of water each day. To make matters worse, Ezekiel was bound to the ground so that he would be unable to change sides for the 390 days he had to limit his food and water intake.
