Verse 14

And I said,“Ah, Sovereign LORD, I have never been ceremonially defiled before. I have never eaten a carcass or an animal torn by wild beasts; from my youth up, unclean meat has never entered my mouth.”

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 9:8 : 8 While they were striking them down, I was left alone, and I threw myself face down and cried out,“Ah, Sovereign LORD! Will you destroy the entire remnant of Israel when you pour out your fury on Jerusalem?”
  • Ezek 20:49 : 49 Then I said,“O Sovereign LORD! They are saying of me,‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”
  • Acts 10:14 : 14 But Peter said,“Certainly not, Lord, for I have never eaten anything defiled and ritually unclean!”
  • Jer 1:6 : 6 I answered,“Oh, Sovereign LORD, Really I do not know how to speak well enough for that, for I am too young.”
  • Deut 14:3 : 3 You must not eat any forbidden thing.
  • Isa 65:4 : 4 They sit among the tombs and keep watch all night long. They eat pork, and broth from unclean sacrificial meat is in their pans.
  • Isa 66:17 : 17 “As for those who consecrate and ritually purify themselves so they can follow their leader and worship in the sacred orchards, those who eat the flesh of pigs and other disgusting creatures, like mice– they will all be destroyed together,” says the LORD.
  • Exod 22:31 : 31 “You will be holy people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. You must throw it to the dogs.
  • Lev 17:15 : 15 Regulations for Eating Carcasses“‘Any person who eats an animal that has died of natural causes or an animal torn by beasts, whether a native citizen or a resident foreigner, must wash his clothes, bathe in water, and be unclean until evening; then he becomes clean.
  • Lev 19:7 : 7 If, however, it is eaten on the third day, it is spoiled, it will not be accepted,
  • Lev 11:39-40 : 39 Edible Land Quadrupeds“‘Now if an animal that you may eat dies, whoever touches its carcass will be unclean until the evening. 40 One who eats from its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening, and whoever carries its carcass must wash his clothes and be unclean until the evening.
  • Ezek 44:31 : 31 The priests will not eat any bird or animal that has died a natural death or was torn to pieces by a wild animal.