13 The Lord said, “This is how the Israelites will eat their bread—ceremonially unclean—among the nations where I will banish them.”n

14 But I said, “Oh, Lord God, I have never been defiled. From my youth until now I have not eaten anything that died naturally or was mauled by wild beasts.o And impure meat has never entered my mouth.”p

15 He replied to me, “Look, I will let you use cow dung instead of human excrement, and you can make your bread over that.” 16 He said to me, “Son of man, I am going to cut off the supply of bread in Jerusalem.q They will anxiously eat food they have weighed out and in dread drink rationed waterr 17 for lack of bread and water. Everyone will be devastated and waste away because of their iniquity.s