# How Did The Prophet Ezekiel Butter His Bread?

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**Created:** [June 11, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495 "2020-06-11T23:39:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 9:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495/21 "2020-06-13T09:28:33Z")

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Is this somehow connected to that “Ezekiel bread” I see in stores?

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**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\
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> [@Broomstick](#):
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> Is this somehow connected to that “Ezekiel bread” I see in stores?

Yes, it [claims to be made according to the authentic Biblical recipe](https://www.foodforlife.com/about_us/ezekiel-49). (Minus the dung, and they seem to be under the impression that it’s meant to be a health food rather than the sort of thing you eat during a famine.)

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495/23 "2020-06-13T17:52:05Z")

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The current consumer supplies their own dung.

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**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495/24 "2020-06-13T18:14:34Z")

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Ezekiel butter the bread  
Way up in the middle of the air  
Ezeliel butter the bread  
Up in the middle of the air

No counter stop the fall  
When the bread slip from Ezekiel’s hand  
Bread tumble down to floor  
From up in the middle of the air

Some people know which side gonna land  
(hallelu, hallelu, halleluha!)  
Butter side down in cat poop land  
From way in the middle of the air

Ezekiel bread with poop  
And floor dirt and roaches and dust  
No more he butter the bread  
Way up in the middle of the air

Clearly it’s cat dung, not cow or human.

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**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\
**Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-prophet-ezekiel-butter-his-bread/855495/25 "2020-06-13T18:30:59Z")

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It’s a fair rendering, but it sounds best in Aramaic.

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