Ezechiele 4:14

14 Allora io dissi: "Ahimè, Signore, Eterno, ecco, l’anima mia non è stata contaminata; dalla mia fanciullezza a ora, non ho mai mangiato carne di bestia morta da sé o sbranata, e non m’è mai entrata in bocca alcuna carne infetta".

Ezechiele 4:14 Meaning and Commentary

Ezekiel 4:14

Then said I, ah, Lord God!
&c.] The interjection "ah" is expressive of sighing and groaning, as Jarchi; or of deprecation, as the Targum, which paraphrases it,

``"and I said", receive my prayer, O Lord God:''

behold, my soul hath not been polluted;
not meaning that his soul had not been polluted with sin, or with an evil thought, as Kimchi interprets it; but by his soul he means the inward part of his body, his stomach and belly; which had not been defiled by taking in meats which were unclean by the law, as follows: for from my youth up, even till now, have I not eaten of that which
dieth of itself, or is torn in pieces;
these were forbidden to be eaten by the law; and such that did were defiled, and obliged to bathing in water, ( Leviticus 17:15 Leviticus 17:16 ) ; and from those the priests more especially were careful to abstain, as Kimchi observes; and such an one was the prophet; see ( Acts 10:14 ) ; neither came there abominable flesh into my mouth;
corrupt or, putrefied, or whatsoever was unclean by law, as swine's flesh, or any other. The argument is, that since he had never eaten of anything forbidden by the law of God, he could by no means think of eating that which was abhorrent to nature; as bread baked with men's dung was.

Ezechiele 4:14 In-Context

12 Mangerai delle focacce d’orzo, che cuocerai in loro presenza con escrementi d’uomo".

13 E l’Eterno disse: "Così i figliuoli d’Israele mangeranno il loro pane contaminato, fra le nazioni dove io li caccerò".

14 Allora io dissi: "Ahimè, Signore, Eterno, ecco, l’anima mia non è stata contaminata; dalla mia fanciullezza a ora, non ho mai mangiato carne di bestia morta da sé o sbranata, e non m’è mai entrata in bocca alcuna carne infetta".

15 Ed egli mi disse: "Guarda io ti do dello sterco bovino, invece d’escrementi d’uomo; sopra quello cuocerai il tuo pane!"

16 Poi mi disse: "Figliuol d’uomo, io farò mancar del tutto il sostegno del pane a Gerusalemme; essi mangeranno il pane a peso e con angoscia e berranno l’acqua a misura e con costernazione,