While the killing was going on, I was there alone. I threw myself face downward on the ground and shouted, "Sovereign LORD, are you so angry with Jerusalem that you are going to kill everyone left in Israel?"

But I protested, "Sovereign LORD, don't make me do it! Everyone is already complaining that I always speak in riddles."

I answered, "Sovereign LORD, I don't know how to speak; I am too young."

But Peter said, "Certainly not, Lord! I have never eaten anything ritually unclean or defiled."

"You are my people, so you must not eat the meat of any animal that has been killed by wild animals; instead, give it to the dogs.

If any animal that may be eaten dies, anyone who touches it will be unclean until evening.

And if any of you eat any part of the animal, you must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening; any of you who carry the dead body must wash your clothes, but you will still be unclean until evening.

Any people, Israelites or foreigners, who eat meat from an animal that has died a natural death or has been killed by wild animals must wash their clothes, take a bath, and wait until evening before they are ritually clean.

because it is ritually unclean, and if anyone eats it, I will not accept the offering.

"Do not eat anything that the LORD has declared unclean.

At night they go to caves and tombs to consult the spirits of the dead. They eat pork and drink broth made from meat offered in pagan sacrifices.

The LORD says, "The end is near for those who purify themselves for pagan worship, who go in procession to sacred gardens, and who eat pork and mice and other disgusting foods.