At that time ¹  a man will keep alive a young cow from the herd and a couple of goats.

Egypt is like a beautiful young cow. But northern armies will attack her like swarms of stinging flies. ¹ 

A cow and a bear will graze together, their young will lie down together. ¹  A lion, like an ox, will eat straw.

So he said to me, “All right then, I will substitute cow’s manure instead of human excrement. You will cook your food over it.”

But you must not redeem the firstborn of a cow or a sheep or a goat; they are holy. You must splash ¹  their blood on the altar and burn their fat for an offering made by fire for a pleasing aroma to the Lord.